ENPages That Mention Tell Nebī Mindō
Butler Diary: Northern and Central Syria V, 1900
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On the way from Rableh to Ḥomṣ we bore slightly toward the west to visit a tell which arises conspicuously above the plain, with the Orontes sweeping in broad curves on two sides of it. The tell has been conjectured to be the site of the ancient Laodicea ad Libanum. It is undoubtedly a site of great antiquity and a Greco Roman city certainly flourished here.
The tell itself, upon which a poor native village is perched, is formed of ancient building materials and is full of pottery but few remains of historical times are found at the top except large foundation stones, which have been taken up for building purposes, and some scattered fragments of columns.
It is in the plain at the foot of the tell that one must look for remains. To the east a low mound marks the site of a large building of Roman date
