Temple of Baalat Gebal
 The temple excavations in 1950 | |
  Shown within Lebanon | |
| Location | Byblos |
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| Coordinates | 34°07′08″N 35°38′45″E / 34.119°N 35.6458°E |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1922 |
The Temple of Baalat Gebal (Template:Lang-ar maebad baalat jbeil) was an important Bronze Age temple structure in the World Heritage Site of Byblos.[1] The temple was dedicated to Ba'alat Gebal, the goddess of the city of Byblos, known later to the Greeks as Atargatis.[2]
Almost all of the artefacts found in the excavation of the temple are displayed at the National Museum of Beirut.[3] It excavated by French archaeologist Pierre Montet from 1921–24, and Maurice Dunand from 1924-73.
Modern identification and excavation
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View of the temple's inner rooms’ foundations -
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Notes
References
- Boda, Sharon La (1994). International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-884964-03-9.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Michaelides, Demetrios (2001), Report on Mission to Byblos (Lebanon), International Council on Monuments and Sites
- Espinel, Andrés Diego. “The Role of the Temple of Ba'alat Gebal as Intermediary between Egypt and Byblos during the Old Kingdom.” Studien Zur Altägyptischen Kultur, vol. 30, 2002, pp. 103–119. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25152861.
Archaeological reports
- Montet, Pierre (1928). Byblos et l'Égypte: quatre campagnes de fouilles à Gebeil, 1921-1922-1923-1924. P. Geuthner.
The text volume is available here
{{cite book}}: External link in|quote=|ref=harv(help) - Dunand, Maurice (1937). Fouilles de Byblos: Atlas : 1926-1932. P. Geuthner.
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External links
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