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Banias: Re-creation of how the ruins seen in the last few photos looked in Roman times

Left to right:
Temple of Augustus in front of the cave.
Temple of Pan - flat platform in front of the niches in the cliff.
Temple of Zeus.
Temple of Nemesis: Up the stairs to an open courtyard between two buildings, with a large niche in the cliff.
Temple of the Tomb of the Holy Goats: One story building with a door to the right.
Another structure is shown here in front of the Temple of the Tomb of the Holy Goats. It shows spectators watching goats outdoors. We did not see the ruins of this structure.

Banias: Located at the foot of Mt. Hermon in the Golan Heights. It has the ruins of Roman temples. The word Banias is a corruption of the word Panias (Arabic has no p sound), the name of the area dedicated to the Greek god Pan (4th century b.c.e.). Pan supposedly was half goat-half human – a god of nature, herdsmen, music, homosexuals and nymphs. Then the area became Roman - part of King Herod’s domain. In the New Testament – Banias is the place where Jesus designated Peter as the, “Rock.” Banias was conquered by Muslims in the 7th century and then by Crusaders in the 12th century.


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