Ain Dara Temple

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Iron Age temple Syro-Hittite temple archaeological site

Ain Dara Temple is an Iron Age Syro-Hittite temple complex in northern Syria, renowned for its well-preserved basalt reliefs and giant footprint carvings that offer insights into ancient Near Eastern religious architecture and practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age temple ⓘ
Syro-Hittite temple ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
architecturalStyle Syro-Hittite temple architecture ⓘ
coordinateLocation 36.5°N, 36.8°E (approximate) ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
culture Neo-Hittite NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syro-Hittite NERFINISHED ⓘ
damagedBy Turkish airstrike ⓘ
dedicatedTo a storm-god or Ishtar-like goddess (uncertain) ⓘ
discoveredIn 1950s ⓘ
endTime circa 740 BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy Syrian archaeologists ⓘ
excavationStart 1955 (approximate) ⓘ
floorPlanSimilarTo Solomon's Temple (Temple of Jerusalem) NERFINISHED ⓘ
givesInsightInto Syro-Hittite cult practices ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern religious architecture ⓘ
iconography of storm-gods and goddesses ⓘ
processional rituals ⓘ
hasPart antechamber ⓘ
basalt orthostats ⓘ
basalt reliefs ⓘ
columned portico ⓘ
giant footprint carvings ⓘ
inner sanctuary ⓘ
lion sculptures ⓘ
main hall ⓘ
monumental entrance ⓘ
sphinx sculptures ⓘ
heritageStatus important Iron Age heritage site in Syria ⓘ
locatedIn Afrin region NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Afrin River NERFINISHED ⓘ
village of Ain Dara ⓘ
materialUsed basalt ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
notableFeature giant carved footprints on the floor ⓘ
guardian lions and sphinxes ⓘ
rich figural iconography ⓘ
well-preserved basalt reliefs ⓘ
operator Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums of Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf ancient Near East ⓘ
period Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion ancient Near Eastern religion ⓘ
researchTopicOf comparative studies with biblical temple descriptions ⓘ
studies of Syro-Anatolian art ⓘ
significantEvent heavily damaged during Turkish military operation in Afrin in 2018 ⓘ
startTime circa 1300 BCE ⓘ

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northern Syria → containsArchaeologicalSite → Ain Dara Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Syria