Banias Falls
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- Distance
- 1.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,348 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 1,348 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,175 ft
- TrailRank
- 29
- Min elevation
- 919 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one hour 5 minutes
- Coordinates
- 318
- Uploaded
- January 5, 2013
- Recorded
- January 2013
near Bāniyās, Quneitra (Syria)
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Itinerary description
Banias (or Paneas; Greek: Πανειάς; Arabic: بانياس الحولة; Hebrew: בניאס) is an archaeological site by the ancient city of Caesarea Philippi, located at the foot of Mount Hermon in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The city was located within the region known as the "Panion" (the region of the Greek god Pan), and is named after the deity associated with the grotto and shrines close to the spring called "Paneas".
The temenos (sacred precinct) included a temple, courtyards, a grotto and niches for rituals, and was dedicated to Pan. It was constructed on an elevated, 80m long natural terrace along the cliff which towered over the north of the city. A four-line inscription at the base of one of the niches relates to Pan and Echo, the mountain nymph, and was dated to 87 CE.
The temenos (sacred precinct) included a temple, courtyards, a grotto and niches for rituals, and was dedicated to Pan. It was constructed on an elevated, 80m long natural terrace along the cliff which towered over the north of the city. A four-line inscription at the base of one of the niches relates to Pan and Echo, the mountain nymph, and was dated to 87 CE.
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