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Banias

Banias (Arabic: بانياس الحولة, romanized: Bāniyās al-Ḥūlah; Modern Hebrew: בניאס; Judeo-Aramaic, Medieval Hebrew: פמייס, etc.; Ancient Greek: Πανεάς), also spelled Banyas, is a site in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Syria near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek god Pan. It had been inhabited for 2,000 years, until its Syrian population…

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Location
Mount Hermon north of the Golan Heights
Archaeologists
Zvi Maoz (Area A, the temples area) and Vassilios Tzaferis (Area B, the central civic area)
Cultures
Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader
Public access
yes (national park)
Type
the town of Caesarea Philippi with the sanctuary of Pan

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Banias

Nodes215
Edges214
Triples70
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009302
Components1

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related to Crusader/Ayyubid period · 22
Banias → Assassins, Buri, Caesarea Philippi, Crusaders, Damascus, December, Din Unur, Din Zengi, Franks, Franks Belinas, From, Imad, In, It, King Fulk, Later, Mu'in, Mulk Isma'il, Seljuk, Shams
related to External links · 20
Banias → Banias/Paneas, Banyas Archived, Caesarea Philippi, Cæsarea Philippi, Cæsarea PhilippiCaesarea Philippi, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hermon Stream, Israel, Israel Nature, Jewish Encyclopedia, Mahlon, Nature ReserveJewish Agency, New International Encyclopedia, Parks Authority, SmithBanias Travel Guide Archived, Stewart, The Levantine Ceramics Project, The Nahal Hermon Reserve, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachinePhoto
related to Ottoman period · 9
Banias → Buckingham, In, Jordan, Metouali, Mohammedans, Moslem Sheikh, Moslems, Mount Hermon, The
see also · 9
Banias → Caesarea Philippi, Confession, JerusalemWater, JesusVassals, Kingdom, List, Middle East, New Testament, Peter
related to Semitic deity of the spring · 4
Banias → Ba'al Hermon, Ba'al-gad, Hellenistic, The
Archaeologists · 1
Banias → Zvi Maoz (Area A, the temples area) and Vassilios Tzaferis (Area B, the central civic area)
Cultures · 1
Banias → Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader
Location · 1
Banias → Mount Hermon north of the Golan Heights
Public access · 1
Banias → yes (national park)
Type · 1
Banias → the town of Caesarea Philippi with the sanctuary of Pan

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syria city water paneas pan spring ancient israel damascus caesarea byzantine roman philippi hermon greek control syrian ce century battle

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BaniasArchaeologistsZvi Maoz (Area A, the temples area) and Vassilios Tzaferis (Area B, the central civic area)1.00infobox
BaniasCulturesHellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader1.00infobox
BaniasLocationMount Hermon north of the Golan Heights1.00infobox
BaniasPublic accessyes (national park)1.00infobox
BaniasTypethe town of Caesarea Philippi with the sanctuary of Pan1.00infobox
Abú Ishaqinstance ofAhmad al-Nablusi and his followers and to extend Fatimid control into Syria. al-Nabulusi’s school of hadith was to survive in Banias under the tutelage of Arab scholars0.80text
Baniasrelated to Crusader/Ayyubid periodThe Crusaders0.60section
Baniasrelated to Crusader/Ayyubid periodSeljuk0.60section
Baniasrelated to Crusader/Ayyubid periodDamascus0.60section
Baniasrelated to Crusader/Ayyubid periodIt0.60section
Baniasrelated to Crusader/Ayyubid periodFranks Belinas0.60section
Baniasrelated to Crusader/Ayyubid periodCaesarea Philippi0.60section

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