Dahr Al-Ahmar is a village in

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, situated in the

Rashaya District Rashaya District ( ar, قضاء راشيا) is an administrative district in the Beqaa Governorate of the Republic of Lebanon. Most of Rachaya's population are Druze with a Sunni and Shia and Christian Christians () are people who follow ...

and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It is located near the

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border, approximately 6 km from Rashaya and south of

Kfar Danis Kfar Danis (كفر دنيس) is a village in Lebanon, situated in Rashaya District, Beqaa Governorate. It is located north of Dahr El Ahmar. Kfar Danis is away from the capital of Beirut.

. The population of the village is predominantly

Druze The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of ...

.British Druze Society - Druze communities in the Middle East
There is a shrine in the village to an important woman in Druze history,

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, the niece of one of the authors of the Epistles of Wisdom, Baha'u d-Dīn as-Samuqī ("al-Muqtana Baha’ud-Dīn"). She is remembered for being a great peacemaker.

Archaeological site

Some flints were found 500 metres north of the village in the hills including large axes, scrapers and sickle blades with fine denticulation. This was suggested by

Jacques Cauvin Professor Jacques Cauvin (1930 – 26 December 2001) was a French archaeologist who specialised in the prehistory of the Levant and Near East. Biography Cauvin started his work in France at Oullins Caves and Chazelles Caves (near Saint-André-de ...

and

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to have been a site contemporary with the earliest

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levels at Byblos.

References

External links

Localiban entry on Dahr El Ahmar

Map source for Dahr El Ahmar
{{Rashaya District Populated places in Rashaya District Druze communities in Lebanon Archaeological sites in Lebanon

Archaeological site

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