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Horbat Omrit: The Roman temple hidden at the foot of Mount Hermon

Come play it from explorers in the Golan Heights: a short trip on the way to a hidden temple that was completely discovered by chance 30 years ago.

Who built it, how was it destroyed and what treasures will you find in it?

All the answers, at the top of the most mysterious hill you do not know

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• Upper Galilee

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• Hula Valley

Eyal Shapira

Friday, 26 February 2021, 00:03

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Horbat Omrit (Photo: Eyal Shapira)

About the place: It

all started with a large fire that raged in the summer of 1989 on the slopes of the Golan Heights, and spread towards the edge of the Hula Valley.

After the fire subsided, a wall of dressed stones was found in the area, which was exposed after the thorns that had covered it for many generations became smoke.

This was the beginning of the story of the discovery of an amazing archeological site, which houses the remains of a Roman temple built in the first century AD.

The temple, which stands at the top of a round hill near the Nahal Hermon Nature Reserve (Banias), overlooks the Galilee and the Hula Valley.

Ten years after that fire, American and Israeli archaeologists began digging at the site.

The Roman temple, built about two thousand years ago, stood proudly in front of the Galilee landscape, until it collapsed in a huge earthquake that occurred in 363 AD.

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Remains of a Roman temple built in the first century AD.

Horbat Omrit (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, Eyal Shapira)

Roman columns are scattered in the area, decorated headlines (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, Eyal Shapira)

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Begin to walk:

When wandering in its territory, it seems as if the earthquake occurred just a few minutes ago: Roman columns are scattered in the area, titles decorated with different and strange patterns, sections of walls and walls, sculptural bases and more.

We even found here a rock that was probably used as a board by "Mancala" - an ancient strategy game that used seeds placed inside tiny niches.

Maybe you will find it too, if you search carefully.

Although the temple looks like a uniform structure, it is actually a number of temples that have been built here several decades apart.

One of them was probably built by King Herod, and was intended to commemorate the Roman emperor Augustus.

All you have left is to get to this unfamiliar site and wander among glorious relics of the past, who knew better days.

Take your time, and you will discover treasures.

Horbat Omrit is actually a number of temples built decades apart (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, Eyal Shapira)

Rock with the caption on the website (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, Eyal Shapira)

Make an impression on the guys: The

temple at Horbat Omrit is not the only ancient temple in the area.

In the second century BCE, a temple in honor of Pan, a Greek shepherd goddess, was erected inside a cave in the area of ​​present-day Banias Reserve.

Pan is the one who gave the place its ancient name: Panias.

Over the generations, the Arab inhabitants of the area have distorted the name "Panias" to "Banias", and this is how it is known today.

And Pan himself?

A somewhat strange block boasted to the shepherds: half a goat and half a man.

He also used to play the flute he built from reed plants, hence the pan flute.

A rock that was probably used as a board by "Mankela" - an ancient strategy game (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, Eyal Shapira)

Corinthian headline on the website (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, Eyal Shapira)

One more thing:

Did you like the story of God Pan and the temple built in his honor?

You are invited to visit the Hermon River Nature Reserve (Banias), which has two visitor complexes: the Springs Complex, where the Temple Cave is located, and the Waterfall and Hanging Trail complex.

Entrance fee.

The temple collapsed in an earthquake that occurred in 363 AD (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, Eyal Shapira)

Eating in the area:

One of the popular restaurants in the area is "Fish on the Dan" (opposite the entrance to Kibbutz HaGoshrim).

Hummus lovers will enjoy "Gidi's hummus" at Kibbutz Dan.

And there is also the Italian restaurant Cheese in Beit Hillel.

Arch over the archeological site (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, Eyal Shapira)

Arrive: In

Wise "Horbat Omrit".

You can park at the Druze site "Nabi Huda" and walk for about a quarter of an hour along the trail (and still, with Wise running so you don't get bogged down).

SUV owners can park closer to the site.

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