TEMPLE

Al-Maabad ("the temple" in Arabic) is dedicated to the Phoenician god Melqart associated with the Egyptian Echmoun and the Hercules of Greeks. A sanctuary is high in the centre of a basin. The square pillars are égyptisants, while merlons (parts full of a deux parapet between two niches) of baja (inner and central part of a temple) are mesopotamian influences. The telling of the primitive city is located right next to the temple. On the other side of the Wadi, the traces of a stadium are distinguished. The stands are clearly visible, and the track is tufts of herbs and pebbles. Back to the temple, return to the paved road, through the dessinés paths. We see the towers through barbed wire.