Lebanon / Heritage: The thrones of Astarte from the National Museum

Found at the temple of Echmoun located a little further north of the city of Saïda and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List due to its archaeological importance and today exhibited at the National Museum of Beirut , Astarte’s thrones are generally dated to the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman eras. The goddess is represented by her animal attributes such as the winged sphinxes, the palmette or even a betyl or a stone symbolizing the divinity.

Read