Saraain El Faouqa

Saraain El Faouqa سرعين الفوقا Serain, Serain Al Fawka, Saarain
Village
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Beqaa Governorate
District	Baalbek District

Saraain El Faouqa

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Alternate name	Serain, Serain Al Fawka
Location	6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Rayak, Lebanon
Coordinates	33°52′43″N 36°05′34″E / 33.87864°N 36.09288°E / 33.87864; 36.09288
Type	Surface site and Roman temple
History
Periods	Mousterian, Levalloiso-Mousterian, Shepherd Neolithic, Ancient Rome
Site notes
Excavation dates	1946
Archaeologists	Henri Fleisch
Public access	Yes

Saraain El Faouqa (Arabic: سرعين الفوقا ‎‎) is a village located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Rayak in the Baalbek District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.^[1]

Archaeology

There is an archaeological site located on the right of the road from Rayak, immediately before the village. It was discovered by Henri Fleisch in 1946 and mentioned by L. Burkhalter in a list of prehistoric sites published in 1948.^[2] Various small bifaces, flakes and cores were found that were originally assessed to be Mousterian by Burkhalter. Fleisch was said to "deplore the lack of typology" to distinguish the assemblage, but suggested some pieces were similar to Levalloiso-Mousterian and the Shepherd Neolithic tools found at Rayak North and Fleywe.^[1]

Roman Temple, quarry and tombs

The village of Sarain El Faouqa is suggested to have been build on the remains of a Roman quarry. There is a Roman temple on the left within the village that is included in a group of Temples of the Beqaa Valley. There are also numerous rock-cut tombs visible nearby. Although the walls of the temple cella have long since disappeared, the podium still remains. Further remains were found when a house that had been built on the temple was demolished, revealing part of a cast door frame, a block from the ceiling and parts of a column base and shaft.^[3][4]

References

1. 1 2 L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 52. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 
2. ↑ Burkhalter, L., Bibliographie préhistorique - Inventaire, Bulletin du Musée Beyrouth, Volume 8, 1948.
3. ↑ George Taylor (1971). The Roman temples of Lebanon: a pictorial guide. Les temples romains au Liban; guide illustré. Dar el-Machreq Publishers. Retrieved 13 October 2012. 
4. ↑ 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. Retrieved 13 October 2012. 

External links

• Serraaine El Faouqa, Localiban
• Serain Al-Fawka on middleeast.com
• Saraain El Faouqa on geographic-data.net
• Saraain El Faouqa on geonames.org

Baalbek District, Beqaa Governorate
Capital: Baalbek
Towns and villages	Ain Ainata Ali El Nahri Arsal Baalbek Barka Bednayel Bechwat Brital Btadhi Bodai Chaat Chlifa Chmestar - Gharbi Baalbeck Deir el Ahmar Douriss Fakiha - Jdeydeh Fleweh Hadath Baalbek Halbata Hallanieh Hazin Hosh Barada Hosh el Rafika Hosh Snid Hosh Tal Safiya Hrebta Iaat Jabbouleh Janta Jdeide Kah Karha Khodr Khraibeh Kasarnaba Laat Labweh Majdloun Mikna Nabi Chit Nabi Othman Nahleh Ram - Jbenniyeh Ras Baalbek Ras el Hadis Saayde Seriine el Fawka Seriine el Tahta Talya Taraya Tayba Temnin el Fawka Temnin el Tahta Tfail Wadi Faara Yammouneh Younine
Other	Ard Tlaili Jabal es Saaïdé

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