Haret ech Cheikh

Haret ech Cheikh
City
Haret ech Cheikh Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°57′26″N 35°39′22″E / 33.95722°N 35.65611°E / 33.95722; 35.65611Coordinates: 33°57′26″N 35°39′22″E / 33.95722°N 35.65611°E / 33.95722; 35.65611
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Mount Lebanon Governorate
District	Matn District
Government
• Time Zone	GMT +2 (UTC)
• - Summer (DST)	+3 (UTC)
• Area Code(s)	(+961) 1
Area
• Total	6 km² (2 sq mi)
Highest elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code	+961

Haret ech Cheikh (also Haret-Ech-Cheikh), is a municipality in the Matn District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate near Bouchriyeh.^[1]

Archaeology

The archaeological site at Haret Ech Cheikh is east of the road between Dekwaneh and Jdeideh, about 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level, on the top of a wooded hill. It was discovered by Paul Bovier-Lapierre and Raoul Describes who suggested it may be a high place.^[2]^[3] The hilltop has several outcrops of sandstone slabs suggested to be megalithic building foundation or enclosure. The suggested foundations have big stones at the corners that were not securely determined to be prehistoric.^[1] Materials collected from the site were Neolithic or Chalcolithic in form and was possibly mixed with that of the adjacent site of Ain Cheikh. Lorraine Copeland and Peter Wescombe collected some fresh, unpatinated flint tools from a position west of the hilltop enclosure where a large amount of factory waste was also found. All material is in the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory, marked with the label "Ain Cheikh". A grandiose villa dominates land covering part of the hill.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Lorraine Copeland; P. Wescombe (1965). Inventory of Stone-Age sites in Lebanon, p. 94. Imprimerie Catholique. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
↑ Carte Bleu (Guide Blue) 1932
↑ Tallon, Maurice, Les Monuments Megalithiques de Syrie et du Liban. MUSJ, vol. 35, 1958.

External links

www.geographic.org - entry on Haret ech Cheikh

Matn District, Mount Lebanon Governorate

Capital: Jdeideh

Towns and villages	Ain Aar Ain el Safssaf Ain el Sendianeh Ain Saadeh Aintoura Amaret Chalhoub Antelias Aoukar Al-Ayroun Baabdat Baskinta Bauchrieh Beit Chabab Beit el Chaar Beit el Kekko Beit Mery Bhersaf Biakout Bikfaya Bkenneya Bourj Hammoud Broummana Bsalim Bteghrine Chaouiyeh Choueir Daher al Hosein Dahr el Sawan Daychounieh Dbayeh Dekwaneh Dik El Mehdi Dhour El Choueir Dora Douar Fanar Ghabeh Ghabet Bologna Hadirah Haret al Ballaneh Haret ech Cheikh Hbous Jal el Dib Jdeideh Jouar Jouret el Ballout Kaakour Kfarakab Kfartay Khenchara Majdel Tarchich Majzoub Mansourieh Mar Chaaya Mar Michael Bnabil Mar Moussa Mar Roukouz Marjaba Mazraat Yachouh Mchikha Mezher Mhaydseh Mkalles Mrouj Mtaileb Mtein Mzekkeh Nabay Naccache Ouyoun Qonaytrah Qonnabat Broummana Qornet Shehwan Rabieh Roumieh Sakiyat al Mesek Sed el Bauchrieh Sin el Fil Sfaileh Wata el Mrouj Zalka Zarooun Zekrite Zouk al Khrab

Notable landmarks	Mount Sannine

Notable touristic sites	Aqueduct of Zubaida Deir el Qalaa

Archaeological sites in Lebanon

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