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  • Temple of the Obelisks, Byblos

  • Temple of the Obelisks, Byblos

    Temple of the Obelisks, also known as the L-shaped Temple and Temple of Resheph, is a Bronze Age temple located in Byblos in the Mount Lebanon Governorate. It was built around 2600 BC, while the Obelisks was constructed between 1600–1200 BC and were dedicated to the Canaanite deity Resheph. The Temple was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984 as part of Byblos.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Byblos.
    World Heritage Site
    Temple of the Obelisks, Byblos
    by Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Temple of the Obelisks, Byblos

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1984

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    Ancient Temples

    Location

    Lebanon

    Mount Lebanon Governorate

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    Third Millennium BC

    Bronze Age

    Bronze Age

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    Bronze Age Monuments

     

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