Temporary Disabled. :) please Go back Dahr Al-Ahmar - Wikipedia www.fgks.org » Address: [go: up one dir, main page] Include Form Remove Scripts Accept Cookies Show Images Show Referer Rotate13 Base64 Strip Meta Strip Title Session Cookies Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Dahr Al-Ahmar Article Talk Language Watch Edit (Redirected from Daher el Ahmar) Dahr Al-Ahmar is a village in Lebanon, situated in the Rashaya District and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It is located near the Syrian border, approximately 6 km from Rashaya and south of Kfar Danis.[1] The population of the village is predominantly Druze.[2] There is a shrine in the village to an important woman in Druze history, Sitt Sarah, the niece of one of the authors of the Epistles of Wisdom, Baha'u d-Dīn as-Samuqī ("al-Muqtana Baha’ud-Dīn").[3] She is remembered for being a great peacemaker.[4] Dahr ِAl-Ahmar ضهر الأحمرVillageDahr ِAl-AhmarLocation in LebanonCoordinates: 33°31′45″N 35°50′55″E / 33.52917°N 35.84861°E / 33.52917; 35.84861Country LebanonGovernorateBeqaa GovernorateDistrictRashaya DistrictArea • Total3.92 sq mi (10.14 km2)Elevation3,540 ft (1,080 m) Contents 1 Archaeological site 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Archaeological site edit Some flints were found 500 metres north of the village in the hills including large axes, scrapers and sickle blades with fine denticulation. This was suggested by Jacques Cauvin and Marie-Claire Cauvin to have been a site contemporary with the earliest neolithic levels at Byblos.[5] See also edit Deir el Ahmar References edit ^ Ivan Mannheim (1 July 2001). Syria & Lebanon handbook: the travel guide. Footprint Travel Guides. pp. 603–. ISBN 978-1-900949-90-3. Retrieved 23 April 2011. ^ British Druze Society - Druze communities in the Middle East Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine ^ Fuad I. Khuri (2004). Being a Druze. Druze Heritage Foundation. ISBN 978-1-904850-01-4. Retrieved 23 April 2011. ^ Intisar J. Azzam (2007). Gender and religion: Druze women. Druze Heritage Foundation. ISBN 978-1-904850-12-0. Retrieved 23 April 2011. ^ Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 436–442. External links edit Localiban entry on Dahr El Ahmar Map source for Dahr El Ahmar
Dahr Al-Ahmar is a village in Lebanon, situated in the Rashaya District and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It is located near the Syrian border, approximately 6 km from Rashaya and south of Kfar Danis.[1] The population of the village is predominantly Druze.[2] There is a shrine in the village to an important woman in Druze history, Sitt Sarah, the niece of one of the authors of the Epistles of Wisdom, Baha'u d-Dīn as-Samuqī ("al-Muqtana Baha’ud-Dīn").[3] She is remembered for being a great peacemaker.[4]
Some flints were found 500 metres north of the village in the hills including large axes, scrapers and sickle blades with fine denticulation. This was suggested by Jacques Cauvin and Marie-Claire Cauvin to have been a site contemporary with the earliest neolithic levels at Byblos.[5]