The Temple of Kharayeb from the Phoenician and Hellenistic Periods in the Hinterland of Tyre (Lebanon)

Khalil, Wissam Boutros; ALNASER, ABD

doi:10.21608/jguaa.2021.71462.1181

The Temple of Kharayeb from the Phoenician and Hellenistic Periods in the Hinterland of Tyre (Lebanon)

Authors

Wissam Boutros Khalil ¹
ABD ALNASER ²

¹ Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the Department of Arts and Archaeology, Lebanese University, Sidon, (Lebanon).

² Researcher at the Institute of Heritage Science, The National Research Council, Rome ,( Italy.)

10.21608/jguaa.2021.71462.1181

Abstract

This article focuses on the temple located in the locality of Kharayeb, which dates back to the Phoenician and Hellenistic eras. The archaeological excavations undertaken in the second half of the twentieth century revealed some of the temple’s features and numerous terracotta figurines that were studied by the joint Italian-Lebanese archaeological mission (2013-2020) in addition to the archaeological surveys in the vicinity of the temple and in the town of Adloun, which resulted in the discoveries of various sites and archaeological features. The latest archaeological researches shed the light on the rituals practiced in the temple and in its architecture and artistic influences, thus resulting on the reconstruction of its several phases.

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