THE ROMAN TEMPLE IN CHHIM, LEBANON: THE ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION OF THE FAÇADE
THE ROMAN TEMPLE IN CHHIM, LEBANON: THE ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION OF THE FAÇADE

Author(s): Krzysztof Jakubiak
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Lebanon; Roman temple; architectural decoration; bas-reliefs; shrine
Summary/Abstract: The Roman temple in the Lebanese village of Chhim has an interesting architectural decoration with a symbolical meaning. Analysis of the ornaments of the façade clearly shows that the temple was rearranged at least twice. The final phase involved bas-reliefs that arguably indicate that both Phoenician and Syrian inspirations co-existed in the Lebanese mountains under Roman rule.

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