An Ancient Temple in Sweida Built by a Syrian Emperor

Archeology

The Archaeological “Brika” Temple is one of the unique architectural monuments that are still in acceptable architectural condition. It was built by Alexander Severus who served as the Roman emperor from 222 CE until his untimely death in 235 CE .

 The temple is located in the middle of Brika village in the northwest of the city of Sweida.

Archeologist Hasan Hatoum told SANA that Brika temple, which is nine meters long and 8 meters wide, is a strong and coherent architectural block although its columns have lost their crowns, which were found in the square and are of the Ionian style.

Hatoum indicated that the temple is currently without a roof and it was affected by a lot of vandalism and demolition and turned into a mosque in the 12th century AD in the Ayyubid era.

 

The archeologist added that the inhabitants of the village of Brika worshiped in the past many of the Syrian, Greek and Roman gods, indicating a number of ancient Greek writings were found in Brika including gifts given to the god of time Chronos, the god of the sun Helios, the god of strength Heracles and the goddess of fortune and wealth Tykhe ( Tyche).

It is worth noting that the village of Brika is located 14 km to the northwest of the city of Sweida and it is 895 meters above sea level.

Rawaa Ghanam 

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