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Location

  • Lebanon, Aïn Horché
  • geo:33.453598,35.790661

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Classification

  • temple
  • Visible

Identifiers

Ain Hirsha Temple

data access 27593

Heavily restored antae style temple dated 114-115 AD at Ain Hirsha (Ain Harsha in older texts)1. Taylor2shows busts of Selene and Helios. More details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain_Harcha .

Sources:

  1. Othmar Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World: Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Book of Psalms, Eisenbrauns, 1997, p. 159
  2. George Taylor, The Roman Temples of Lebanon. A Pictorial Guide, Beirut, Dar el-Machreq Publishers, 1967, pp. 10-13

References

  1. ↑George Taylor (1967), The Roman Temples of Lebanon. Lebanon : Dar el Machreq Publishers, pp. 10-13
  2. ↑ibid., p. 30.

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Creators: Entry created by Brian Prescott-Decie (2016-06-15) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/27593
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Suggested citation: Prescott-Decie, B. , Ain Hirsha Temple. https://vici.org/vici/27593, accessed 2026-11-05.