Saraain El Faouqa

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Saraain El Faouqa
Serain, Serain Al Fawka, Saarain
Village
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Beqaa Governorate
District Zahle District
Saraain El Faouqa
Saraain El Faouqa is located in Lebanon
Saraain El Faouqa
Shown within Lebanon
Alternate name Serain, Serain Al Fawka
Location 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Rayak, Lebanon
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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 is a village located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Rayak in the Zahle 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

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  2. Burkhalter, L., Bibliographie préhistorique - Inventaire, Bulletin du Musée Beyrouth, Volume 8, 1948.
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