Temple of Baalshamin
Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/763337277
34.5534198685, 38.269993064
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of معبد بعل شامين (200 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Heiligtum des Baalshamin (German, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Temple of Baalshamin (English, modern)
- Temple of Baalshamin located at Palmyra (200 BC - AD 300)
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The earliest phases of the temple belong to the second century BCE. The altar was consecrated in 115 CE and the sanctuary was substantially rebuilt in 131 CE. The temple ceased to function in its sacred role by the late fourth century. Louis Vignes photographed the site in 1864 and it was one of the best-preserved sites of ancient Palmyra and was included in the UNESCO World Heritage designation assigned to Palmyra in 1980. Terrorists associated with the Islamic State intentionally obliterated the temple in 2015 during the Syrian Civil War.
Zachary Rosalinsky, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Temple of Baalshamin: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/763337277> [accessed: 26 April 2024]
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