Historical Markers in Snir, Northern District

By Dale K. Benington, March 7, 2013

The Court of Nemesis Marker

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1 ► Israel, Northern District, Upper Galilee Regional Council, Snir — The Court of Nemesis —

English Text: Nemesis was the goddess of vengeance and Roman imperial justice. Her long and narrow court was built in 178 CE in front of a great niche in which her statue was placed. A Greek inscription above the niche mentions the names . . . — — Map (db m64781) HM

2 ► Israel, Northern District, Upper Galilee Regional Council, Snir — The Court of Pan & the Nymphs —

English Text: The stepped and paved courtyard on which you are standing was built in the mid-first century CE. An artificial cave was quarried in the cliff-face opposite the courtyard, and there the statue of Pan was placed. Pagan . . . — — Map (db m64754) HM

3 ► Israel, Northern District, Upper Galilee Regional Council, Snir — The Grotto of the God Pan — מערת האל פאן —

English Text: The cave is the nucleus beside which the sacred sanctuary was built. In this "abode of the shepherd god," pagan cult began as early as the 3rd century BCE. The ritual sacrifices were cast into a natural abyss reaching the . . . — — Map (db m64738) HM

4 ► Israel, Northern District, Upper Galilee Regional Council, Snir — The Sanctuary of Pan —

English Text: The conquests of Alexander the Great (3rd c. BCE) brought the Greeks to the East, and to Banyas. The Greeks were taken by the natural beauty of the site, touched particularly by the cave in which the springs welled. It is . . . — — Map (db m64764) HM

5 ► Israel, Northern District, Upper Galilee Regional Council, Snir — The Temple of Augustus — מקד ש אוגוסטוס —

English Text: Built in 19 BCE, during the reign of Herod the Great, in honor of the Roman Emperor Augustus. The coin at the top of this text, shows the facade of the temple. In front of you is the western wall of the hall with semicircular . . . — — Map (db m65177) HM

6 ► Israel, Northern District, Upper Galilee Regional Council, Snir — The Temple of Pan and The Dancing Goats —

English Text: This structure was built around 220 CE. Only parts of this temple survived. Among them are the north wall, part of a semicircular hall (apse), and a semicircular niche behind it. This same structure is depicted on the . . . — — Map (db m141468) HM

7 ► Israel, Northern District, Upper Galilee Regional Council, Snir — The Temple of Zeus —

English Text: Built around 96 CE in the days of Emperor Trajan, for the city's 100th anniversary. A marble inscription found at the site implies that it was a temple for Pan and for Zeus of Heliopolis (the city of Ba'albek). Only the . . . — — Map (db m64768) HM

8 ► Israel, Northern District, Upper Galilee Regional Council, Snir — The Tomb Temple of the Sacred Goats —

English Text: This building was erected around 220 CE, in the days of Emperor Elagabalos. The bones of goats that took part in the rituals were buried in the rectangular niches in the main hall, together with offerings of pottery, glass . . . — — Map (db m141458) HM

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