Umm al-Amad - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Umm al-Amad - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Umm Al Amad (), 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, and was excavated in 1861.The Phoenician's Route, LAU-Louis Cardahi Foundation It is one of the most excavated archaeological sites in the Phoenician heartland.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." Read more on Wikipedia
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