Akroum

There are numerous finds in and around Akroum. I have not visited, and directions are vague, so the traveller is advised to get directions in the village. The following are reported:-

On the hill, Jebel Hussein (west of the village?) around 1,015 m. altitude: 3 Roman era temples¹. The websites listed below also mention these, but without Aliquot's detail. These consist of
- A. North temple - small tetrastyle, open to the east, with a Corinthian capital.
- B. South temple (south-west of A) - larger than A, also a tetrastyle prostyle, and also open to the east, and Corinthian order. It has a deep pronaos.
- C. North west temple - on the summit, open to the south east.
In the valley Wadi al Sabea'a (west of Jebel Hussein) "there are two obelisks that date back to the new Babylonian period. The first represents someone whose head is covered with a crown, confronting a lion that is standing on its rear feet. Beneath this site, in Sheer el Sanam, there is another obelisk carved in the rock. The bottom protrusion shows a king oriented to the right. In his right hand, he carries something which cannot be identified. In the left one, there is a sceptre. There are other divine symbols like the star of Astarte which has seven sections and a crescent"². See also sites such as Ikama³ for some extra but perhaps doubtful detail.
"a large Byzantine church dedicated to Mar Shamshoum al-Jabbar (Saint Samson the Strong) and numerous cisterns"⁴.
A brochure put out by TourismLebanon.com offers "old cemeteries, old caves and an old oil press" in Al-Khrayeb Old Area (the north east quadrant of the village), and "ruins and rocks engraved with drawings & old scripts" in AlJe'ailat Area (the south east quadrant of the village).

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Nearby

Mar Challita (8 km)

Melechin (8 km)

Beit Djallou Temple of Nemesis (9 km)