Talk:Ain Dara (archaeological site)

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Did you know... that fortuitous finding of a colossal basalt lion (pictured) in 1955 led to discovery of the Ain Dara temple near Aleppo in Syria, which was built in three structural phases between 1300 BC and 740 BC?

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The last four references (Hess, and Long) don't refer to a particular book, could it be expanded? Yazan (talk) 03:51, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cleaning up

This article was heavy worded and confusing. I have cleaned up a bit. The article is still hampered with the focus on the Solomon Temple. This article is not about that temple. It is ok to point to similarities with other temples in the region, and potential similarities to the descriptions of the Solomon Temple, but this is secondary. The article should be objective and focused on the finds on the archaelogical site. The fact that this is a settlement with a famous temple is now better emphesized. Source material seem to be dominated by biblical archaelogists bias to validating any existence of the first temple of jerusalem. The temple in Jerusalem was a minor temple compared to the rest of the region, one of many temples which shared architectural features common for that period. A pure YHWH-temple comes following religious reforms toward the end of Iron IIA. At Ain Dara, the initial temple construct would have been led by the Hittite Viceroy of Aleppo and then altered as the Hittite Empire collapsed to the Neo-Hittite Period needs of the local rulers. This can be further examined to add context. Raven rs (talk) 12:41, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]