Temple of Hadad in Aleppo
The Global Arab Network has a nice piece on the Temple of Baal-Hadad found within the Aleppo citadel (via Agade): Syria (Aleppo) The discovery of the temple of the god Hadad in Aleppo Citadel is considered one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the late 20th century, according to an article published by Prof. Paolo Matthiae of Italy. The god Hadad was mentioned in texts from Mari, Ebla and most other ancient Eastern sites, as old kingdoms uses to make offering to the god of storms in his main temple at the centre of the Amorite kingdom centered in Aleppo. Head of the excavations department at the Aleppo Department of Archaeology and Museums Yousef Kanjo said the temple was discovered in 1929-1930, and later a Syrian-German expedition began work in the site in 1996, uncovering most of the temple over 12 seasons. The expedition found out that the temple dates back to the third millennium BC, and is one of the largest temples of that period to be discovered in Syria and ...