Palace of the Sun of Al-Hadr Temple

Al-Hadhar is located next to the Euphrates, and unlike the rest of Lebanon, it is not built of bricks and clay, but of carved stones.. The main part of the temple has two porches that are similar to each other. In the beginning, the building was built with bricks, but later changes were made in it, and limestone took the place of bricks, and the brick porches were converted into vaulted halls.. Later, two more porches were added and the temple was transformed into four porches. The facade of the temple is decorated with prominent semi-round columns and arches. In Babylonian rituals, this temple is dedicated to the sun god named Shamsh . This palace is one of the most important buildings of the Ashkan period in Mesopotamia . In the 2nd century AD, the nobles of Al-Hazar used to place marble statues of their own size in the shrines of the city around the Temple of the Sun.. This city is in 240 Miladi was ruined all of a sudden and his statues came to us. These statues are carved from the front. There is also a relief painted with bright colors, showing a bearded god in a torn robe, carrying a three-headed segs. . He has a double-headed ax in his hand, and Percha Al-Hazar is beside him. Symbolic snakes and scorpions are seen in the background.