‘First of-its-kind’ Hellenistic temple discovered in Umm Qais
By Ahmed Bani Mustafa - Aug 14,2017 - Last updated at Aug 14,2017
AMMAN — A “first-of-its-kind” Hellenistic temple in the Levant region has been discovered in Umm Qais, an archaeologist said on Monday.
An archaeological excavation team from Yarmouk University has recently discovered a Hellenistic temple and network of water tunnels, Atef Sheyyab, president of the archaeology department at the university told the Jordan Times.
The temple dates from the Hellenistic era (332 BC to 63 BC) and was later reused during the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic eras, Sheyyab said.
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