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<< Text Pages >> Amrit Sacred Spring - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Syria

Submitted by AlexHunger on Tuesday, 21 November 2006  Page Views: 3645

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Amrit Sacred Spring Alternative Name: Marathos Sacred spring, Al-Mabed
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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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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