Nahle, Lebanon

Nahlé
	نحله
	Shown within Lebanon
Location	6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Baalbek
Region	Baalbek
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] 34°03′30″N 36°17′58″E / 34.05833°N 36.29944°E
History
Cultures	Roman
Site notes
Condition	Ruins
Public access	Yes

Nahlé
Nahlé
	Village
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Baalbek-Hermel
District	Baalbek

Nahlé (Arabic: نحله Nahlah), is a village situated 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Baalbek in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.^[1] It has the ruins of a Roman temple.

Name

The Lebanese town of Nahlé derives its name from the Arabic word “نحلة” (Nahleh), meaning “honeybee.” This interpretation reflects a connection to nature, potentially emphasizing the industrious and community-oriented qualities associated with bees. Additionally, Nahlé is known for its ancient history, including Roman-era ruins, suggesting that the name could also carry historical or cultural significance tied to its origins.

History

The 13th-century geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi listed Nahlah in his geographical dictionary, with its entry being "a village lying 3 miles from Ba'labakk".^[2]

Roman temple

There are the ruins of a Roman temple in the village that are included in a group of Temples of the Beqaa Valley.^[3]

The temple foundations are made of gigantic blocks of stone, upon which sit the remains of a podium. The podium has a long inscription written on it that is now almost impossible to read.^[1] The huge foundations indicate that there was a huge temple over these foundations during Roman centuries.^[4]

During the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, UNESCO gave enhanced protection to 34 cultural sites in Lebanon including the temple at Nahlé to safeguard it from damage.^[5]^[6]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 George Taylor (1967). The Roman temples of Lebanon: a pictorial guide. Dar el-Machreq Publishers. https://books.google.com/books?id=XXchNqgyNdkC. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
↑ Le Strange, Guy (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems. London: A. P. Watt. p. 514. https://archive.org/details/palestineundermo00lestuoft/page/514. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
↑ Othmar Keel (1997). The Symbolism of the Biblical World: Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Book of Psalms. Eisenbrauns. pp. 159–. ISBN 978-1-57506-014-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=Fy4B1iMg33YC&pg=PA159. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
↑ Nahle Roman temple
↑ "Cultural property under enhanced protection Lebanon" (in en). https://www.unesco.org/en/culture/cultural-property-under-enhanced-protection-lebanon.
↑ "Lebanon: 34 cultural properties placed under enhanced protection" (in en). https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/lebanon-34-cultural-properties-placed-under-enhanced-protection.

Bibliography

Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft.

External links

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[Taylor1967-1] 1.0 ^1.1 George Taylor (1967). The Roman temples of Lebanon: a pictorial guide. Dar el-Machreq Publishers. https://books.google.com/books?id=XXchNqgyNdkC. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[Le_Strange_1890-2] Le Strange, Guy (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems. London: A. P. Watt. p. 514. https://archive.org/details/palestineundermo00lestuoft/page/514. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[Keel1997-3] Othmar Keel (1997). The Symbolism of the Biblical World: Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Book of Psalms. Eisenbrauns. pp. 159–. ISBN 978-1-57506-014-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=Fy4B1iMg33YC&pg=PA159. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[4] Nahle Roman temple

[5] "Cultural property under enhanced protection Lebanon" (in en). https://www.unesco.org/en/culture/cultural-property-under-enhanced-protection-lebanon.

[6] "Lebanon: 34 cultural properties placed under enhanced protection" (in en). https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/lebanon-34-cultural-properties-placed-under-enhanced-protection.

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