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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Amrit Sacred Spring Alternative Name: Marathos Sacred spring, Al-MabedCountry: Syria
NOTE: This site is 13.545 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Tartus Nearest Village: Marathos
Latitude: 34.910100N Longitude: 35.888657E
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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Syria
Sacred spring and 39 Meter by 48 Meter temple carved into the bedrock with multiple columns and arcades dating to the 5th Century BCE at the earliest. Sacred to the Phoenician god Melquart, the Roman Heracles and the Egyptian Knuhm. Near a Hellenist stadium.
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