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Half an hour south of Beḥyō, a
ruined town with a small fragment
of a church built over in Saracenic
times into an extensive castle.
Almost nothing remains of the ancient
town, a few mutilated lintels and
the north portal of the church are the
only points of interest.
The site is now occupied by a small
and squalid Mohammedan village.
To the east of the town are the extensive
remains of rock cut tombs with
arcosolia above excavated sarcophagi
and a number of large roughly
hewn free standing sarcophagi.
Among the ruins a number of
Arabic inscriptions were found.
These were of no great age but a
squeeze was taken of one built into
a modern house wall.
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