Gateway to Temple of Pagan God Pan May Have Been Excavated in Israel's North

News Staff : Jun 28, 2016
JNI Media/Breaking Israel News

Excavations in the Golan will likely reveal that people in ancient Hippos were as pagan as the Bible says they were.

(Israel) — [JNI Media/Breaking Israel News] Has the gate to the compound of the god Pan been discovered at Sussita (Hippos) National Park in the Golan? (Photo Credit: Dr. Michael Eisenberg, Photogrammetry: Eli Gershtein)

A monumental Roman gate discovered in the excavations by the University of Haifa at Hippos may cast light on the bronze mask of Pan – the only object of its kind found anywhere in the world – that was discovered in the same site during last year's excavation season. "Now that the whole gate has been exposed, we not only have better information for dating the mask, but also a clue to its function. Are we looking at a gate that led to the sanctuary of the god Pan or one of the rustic gods?" wonders Dr. Michael Eisenberg, the head of the expedition.

Last year, researchers from the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa made one of the most unique and unusual findings of recent years. They unearthed a...

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