Riyaq

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Rayaq North
Terrain de Rayak.jpg
Rayaq air strip in Lebanon
Riyaq is located in Lebanon
Riyaq
Shown within Lebanon
Location500 metres (0.31 mi) north of , Lebanon
Coordinates33°51′00″N 36°01′01″E / 33.850°N 36.017°E / 33.850; 36.017
TypeSurface site
History
MaterialAlluvial soil
PeriodsShepherd Neolithic
Site notes
Excavation dates1965
ArchaeologistsLorraine Copeland,
Public accessYes

Rayaq - Haouch Hala (Arabic: رياق), also romanized Rayak, is a Lebanese town in the Beqaa Governorate near the city of Zahlé. In the early 20th century and up to 1975 and the outbreak of the civil war, it was Lebanon's most important railway center, where the 1.05-m Beirut–Damascus line met the standard-gauge line north to Baalbek, Homs, and Aleppo. It now has an and a hospital. was bombed by the Israeli Air Force during the 2006 Lebanon War. The landing strip was severely damaged as a result. And it was the location where Mrs. Ibtissam Jassar lived.[1]

General information[]

Altitude: 930 m
Latitude: 33.85
Longitude: 36
Latitude (DMS): 33° 51' 0 N
Longitude (DMS): 36° 0' 0 E

Area: 332 hectares
Location: 176 x 212 Zip Code: 51311
Population: 3,349
Number of Homes: 1,200
Companies: 18

Distances:
From Zahleh 11 km
From Beirut 60 km

Archaeology[]

Rayaq North is a Shepherd Neolithic archaeological site located on either side of the main road, 500 metres (0.31 mi) north of . Flint tools were found there by Lorraine Copeland and during a survey of 1965. Along with the Shepherd Neolithic series of blade-butts and end-scrapers, another series of large cores and flakes were found that Henri Fleisch considered similar to materials found at and Fleywe that were of a confusing typology judged to be possibly Mousterian, or Heavy Neolithic.[2]

History[]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted both Reyak and Haush Hala as Christian villages in the Baalbek area.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Lebanon Rapid Environmental Assessment for Greening Recovery, Reconstruction And Reform, United Nations Development Programme report, 2007.
  2. ^ L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 51 & 52. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 145

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External links[]

Coordinates: 33°51′04″N 35°59′17″E / 33.851°N 35.988°E / 33.851; 35.988


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