Saraain El Faouqa
| Saraain El Faouqa Serain, Serain Al Fawka, Saarain |
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| Village | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Beqaa Governorate |
| District | Zahle District |
 Shown within Lebanon
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| Alternate name | Serain, Serain Al Fawka |
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| Location | 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Rayak, Lebanon |
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| Type | Surface site and Roman temple |
| History | |
| Periods | Mousterian, Levalloiso-Mousterian, Shepherd Neolithic, Ancient Rome |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1946 |
| Archaeologists | Henri Fleisch |
| Public access | Yes |
Saraain El Faouqa is a village located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Rayak in the Zahle District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.[1]
Archaeology
There is an archaeological site located on the right of the road from Rayak, immediately before the village. It was discovered by Henri Fleisch in 1946 and mentioned by L. Burkhalter in a list of prehistoric sites published in 1948.[2] Various small bifaces, flakes and cores were found that were originally assessed to be Mousterian by Burkhalter. Fleisch was said to "deplore the lack of typology" to distinguish the assemblage, but suggested some pieces were similar to Levalloiso-Mousterian and the Shepherd Neolithic tools found at Rayak North and Fleywe.[1]
Roman Temple, quarry and tombs
The village of Sarain El Faouqa is suggested to have been build on the remains of a Roman quarry. There is a Roman temple on the left within the village that is included in a group of Temples of the Beqaa Valley. There are also numerous rock-cut tombs visible nearby. Although the walls of the temple cella have long since disappeared, the podium still remains. Further remains were found when a house that had been built on the temple was demolished, revealing part of a cast door frame, a block from the ceiling and parts of a column base and shaft.[3][4]
References
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- ↑ Burkhalter, L., Bibliographie préhistorique - Inventaire, Bulletin du Musée Beyrouth, Volume 8, 1948.
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External links
- Serain Al-Fawka on middleeast.com
- Saraain El Faouqa on geographic-data.net
- Saraain El Faouqa on geonames.org
