A Walk Through the Banias
We then drove another ten minutes east and arrived to Banias, a site at one of the headwaters of the Jordan River (It is the beginning of the Dan River, but that is a later story!). Daphna reminded us that it would be a “hike” to explore this site, ending up at a waterfall. The day was clear, cool to moderate temperature, and we set off.
We first encountered a temple site dedicated to the god Pan. The site is also holy to the Aliwite Muslims who believe that Mohammed ascended to heaven from this spot. (As there is no “P” sound in Arabic, they call it Banias instead of how it may have been pronounced in the past, Panias.)
Here you can see sacrificial altars that were found on this site that is more than 2,000 years old. Most of what these folk sacrificed were small animals, human sacrificing having been abolished many years before the era of this site.
We then drove another ten minutes east and arrived to Banias, a site at one of the headwaters of the Jordan River (It is the beginning of the Dan River, but that is a later story!). Daphna reminded us that it would be a “hike” to explore this site, ending up at a waterfall. The day was clear, cool to moderate temperature, and we set off.
We first encountered a temple site dedicated to the god Pan. The site is also holy to the Aliwite Muslims who believe that Mohammed ascended to heaven from this spot. (As there is no “P” sound in Arabic, they call it Banias instead of how it may have been pronounced in the past, Panias.)
Here you can see sacrificial altars that were found on this site that is more than 2,000 years old. Most of what these folk sacrificed were small animals, human sacrificing having been abolished many years before the era of this site.
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