Machnaqa: village in Lebanon, with remains of a monumental ancient altar, three reliefs, and a couple of tombs enclosed in a very large sacred precinct. This is not a normal temple and it has been suggested that given its location on the road up to Aphaka roughly following the Adonis river (Nahr Ibrahim) it may have been an overnight stop for pilgrims. Taylor, plates 97, 981. See Aliquot's "Vie Religieuse"2. Dates range from the 1st to the 2nd centuries A.D. To the north there is a necropolis, and to the west a proto-Byzantine village.
There is drone imagery of this site on YouTube by Elio Sassine.
References
- ↑George Taylor (1967). The Roman Temples of Lebanon. Beirut : Dar el Mashreq Publishers.
- ↑Julien Aliquot (2009). La Vie religieuse au Liban sous l'Empire romain: Liban-Nord. Beyrouth: Presses de l’Ifpo. pp. 233-271, section 23.