Tell Mar Elias
Ruins of a Byzantine church on a hilltop, still a place of pilgrimage related to the prophet Elijah venerated by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
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An inscription found on the mosaic floor invokes Saint Elijah to bless the presbyter and his wife, indicating 622 AD as the year of the floor laid out.
© Photo: Dosseman via Wikimedia Commons
Ruins of a Byzantine church on a hilltop, still a place of pilgrimage related to the prophet Elijah venerated by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.