Kafr Hawr ( ar, كفر حور; also spelled Kafr Hawar or Kafr Hur) is a Syrian village situated southwest of Damascus. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,957 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. The village is built into the side of a hill near

Mount Hermon Mount Hermon ( ar, جبل الشيخ or جبل حرمون / ALA-LC: ''Jabal al-Shaykh'' ("Mountain of the Sheikh") or ''Jabal Haramun''; he, הַר חֶרְמוֹן, ''Har Hermon'') is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of th ...

, just north of modern-day

Hinah Hinah (Arabic: حينة) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is ...

, which was an ancient settlement mentioned by

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importance ...

as being called Ina. It sits opposite a village called Beitima across a valley through which flows the River 'Arny.

Korsei el-Debb Roman temple

There is a

Roman temple Ancient Roman temples were among the most important buildings in Roman culture, and some of the richest buildings in Roman architecture, though only a few survive in any sort of complete state. Today they remain "the most obvious symbol of ...

in the area called Korsei el-Debb that is one of a group of

Temples of Mount Hermon The Temples of Mount Hermon are around thirty Roman shrines and Roman temples that are dispersed around the slopes of Mount Hermon in Lebanon, Israel and Syria. A few temples are built on former buildings of the Phoenician & Hellenistic er ...

. Félicien de Saulcy suggested the temple was originally constructed entirely of white

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble is typically not foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the term ''marble'' refers to metamorphose ...

. A marble block was found featuring a dedication to a goddess called Hierapolis (also identified as

Atargatis Atargatis (; grc, Ἀτάργατις, translit=Atárgatis or arc, , translit=ʿtrʿth; syc, ܬܪܥܬܐ, translit=Tarʿaṯā) was the chief goddess of northern Syria in Classical antiquity. Ctesias also used the name Derketo ( grc-koi, Δε ...

and Leukothea).

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Kafr Hawr as a predominantly Sunni Muslim village.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
139
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External links

Photo of Kafr Hawr on panoramio.comKafr Hawr on geographic.orgكـفـر-حـور on wikimapia.org
Populated places in Qatana District Archaeological sites in Rif Dimashq Governorate Ancient Roman temples Roman sites in Syria Tourist attractions in Syria {{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub