Banias
Sign in to saveBanias (; ; Judeo-Aramaic, Medieval Hebrew: , etc.; ), also spelled Banyas, is a site in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Syria near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek god Pan. It had been inhabited for 2,000 years, until its Syrian population fled and their homes were destroyed by Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. It is located at the foot of Mount Hermon, north of the Golan Heights, the classical Gaulanitis, in the part occupied by Israel. The spring is the source of the Banias River, one of the main tributaries of the Jordan River. Archaeologists uncovered a shrine ded
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Banias
- Ancient site.image
- Banias Spring Cliff Pan's Cave.JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- The spring of Banias with the Cave of Pan in background
- Ancient site.map_type
- Syria Golan
- Ancient site.location
- Mount Hermon north of the Golan Heights
- Ancient site.type
- the town of Caesarea Philippi withthe sanctuary of Pan
- Ancient site.cultures
- Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Zvi Maoz (Area A, the temples area) and Vassilios Tzaferis (Area B, the central civic area)
- Ancient site.public_access
- yes (national park)
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17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Semitic deity of the spring
- Hellenism; association with Pan
- Roman and Christian Byzantine periods
- Early Muslim period
- Crusader/Ayyubid period
- Ottoman period
- 20th century
- Notables from Banias
- Further reading
- Water issues
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Banias (; ; Judeo-Aramaic, Medieval Hebrew: , etc.; ), also spelled Banyas, is a site in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Syria near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek god Pan. It had been inhabited for 2,000 years, until its Syrian population fled and their homes were destroyed by Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. It is located at the foot of Mount Hermon, north of the Golan Heights, the classical Gaulanitis, in the part occupied by Israel. The spring is the source of the Banias River, one of the main tributaries of the Jordan River. Archaeologists uncovered a shrine dedicated to Pan and related deities, and the remains of an ancient city dating from the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Herod the Great, king of Judaea, constructed a temple dedicated to Augustus at the site. Subsequently, Herod's son, Philip the Tetrarch, further developed the area, establishing a city. In 61 CE, Agrippa II expanded and renamed the city Neronias Irenopolis. The ancient city was mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, under the name of '''''', as the place where Jesus confirmed Peter's confession that Jesus was the Messiah; the site is today a place of pilgrimage for Christians.
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