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Multi-periodSite Name: Milkashtart Temple Alternative Name: Umm el-AmedCountry: Lebanon
NOTE: This site is 0.48 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Sour Nearest Village: Naquora
Latitude: 33.095397N Longitude: 35.108416E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Temple in Lebanon
5th Century BCE temple of Milkashtart, the Phoenician prototype for Herakles. There is an oher unalocated temple directly to the East.
The site is suposed to be complictaed to access due to the proximity of the Israeli border and due to being partially blocked by fields and agricultural equipment.
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