Roman Kanatha, near the little mountainous town of Qanawat (Nov. 2009): Six columns of the basalt temple of god Rabbos (c. 200 AD)
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Roman Kanatha, near the little mountainous town of Qanawat (Nov. 2009): Six columns of the basalt temple of god Rabbos (c. 200 AD)

Kanatha (Qanawat, archaeological site of the Roman-Early Byzantine periods 7 km NE of Suwayda in the Jabal al-Druze region, S-SW Syria) photo 101. North-west of the ancient town of Qanawat is a late 2nd- or early 3rd-century temple, built on a high platform surrounded by a colonnade; all is made by the local stone: basalt. The capitals are of the ancient Greek “Corinthian style” as developed during the Roman period. For decades, this temple was believed to honor god Helios, but an inscription discovered in 2002 shows that it was dedicated to a local god named Rabbos.