Altar to Greek god found in wall of Byzantine church

[guy]

 

An interesting find in Israel from earlier this year:

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”An Israeli team of researchers excavating a Byzantine church in the Banyas Nature Reserve in Northern Israel believed to be from about 400 CE recently discovered a Roman-era temple to the Greek god, Pan, beneath the church, and made another find that sheds further light on the way that the lives of the later Christians were intertwined with those who worshiped the earlier faiths: a 2nd- or 3rd-century CE altar with a Greek inscription found in the walls of the church.”

“The location of the Banias excavation is topographically unique in that it combines a cliff, a cave, springs and a terrace created in ancient times from the collapse of part of the cliff on which the temple was built. Worship of the god Pan began in circa 3rd century BCE near the cave and the spring. The temple was built in circa 20 BCE. The region became an important Christian center with its own bishop from 320 CE.”

 

 

 

 

https://m.jpost.com/archaeology/altar-to-greek-god-found-in-wall-of-byzantine-church-raises-questions-650825/amp

https://www.timesofisrael.com/2000-years-ago-a-believer-came-hundreds-of-miles-to-erect-an-altar-at-banias/amp/
 

 

Edited February 2 by guy