Umm al-Amad, Lebanon

Umm al-Amad
ام العمد
The temple as painted by David Roberts.
Umm al-Amad, Lebanon is located in Lebanon
Umm al-Amad, Lebanon
Shown within Lebanon
LocationNear Naqoura, Tyre District, South Lebanon
Coordinates33°07′41″N 35°09′13″E / 33.128°N 35.1535°E / 33.128; 35.1535
History
Founded287–222 BCE

Umm Al Amad (Arabic: ام العمد), or Umm el 'Amed or al Auamid or el-Awamid, is an Hellenistic period archaeological site near the town of Naqoura in Lebanon. It was discovered by Europeans in the 1770s,[1] and was excavated in 1861.[2] It is one of the most excavated archaeological sites in the Phoenician heartland.[3]

  1. ^ The Phoenician's Route, LAU-Louis Cardahi Foundation
  2. ^ Vella, 2000, pp. 34–35: "The monumental report dedicated to Oumm el-‘Amed is by far one of the most detailed accounts of an excavation in the Phoenician heartland. The site is well known in the general literature, with entries in all the recently published research aids on Phoenician history, and the reconstructions of the temples have served as benchmarks for the study of other sites."