Populated Places on the Golan Heights - Former Populated Places on the Golan Heights, Golan Regional Council (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Former populated places on the Golan Heights, Golan Regional Council, Populated places in Quneitra Governorate, Banias, Syrian towns and villages depopulated in the Arab-Israeli conflict, Caesarea Philippi, Hippos, Ghajar, Gamla, Rujm el-Hiri, Jubata ez-Zeit, Al 'Al, Majdal Shams, Shayta, Beer Ajam, Neve Ativ, Hamat Gader, Geshur, Golan Heights, Katzrin, El Rom, Yonatan, Golan Heights, Umm el Kanatir, Buq'ata, Katzrin ancient village and synagogue, Al-Hama, Kfar Haruv, Ramot, Golan Heights, Ein Qiniyye, Avnei Eitan, Kursi, Golan Heights, Keshet, Golan Heights, Natur, Golan Heights, Merom Golan, Ein Zivan, Bnei Yehuda, Golan Heights, Mevo Hama, Ortal, Golan Heights, Odem, Givat Yoav, Metzar, Kidmat Tzvi, Nimrod, Golan Heights, Eliad, Golan Heights, Nov, Golan Heights, Haspin, Fiq, Syria, Aniam, Ma'ale Gamla, Neot Golan, Kanaf, Alonei HaBashan, Ramat Magshimim, Sha'al. Excerpt: Banias (or Paneas; Greek: Arabic: Hebrew: ) is an archaeological site by the ancient city of Caesarea Philippi, located at the foot of Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights. The city was located within the region known as the "Panion" (the region of the Greek god Pan), and is named after the deity associated with the grotto and shrines close to the spring called "Paneas." The temenos (sacred precinct) included a temple, courtyards, a grotto and niches for rituals, and was dedicated to Pan. It was constructed on an elevated, 80m long natural terrace along the cliff which towered over the north of the city. A four-line inscription at the base of one of the niches relates to Pan and Echo, the mountain nymph, and was dated to 87 CE. In the distant past, a giant spring gushed from a cave set in the limestone bedrock, to tumble down the valley and flow into the Hula marshes. Currently it is the source of the Nahal Hermon stream. Whereas the Jordan ...