Niha, Zahlé

Niha is a village in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, home to four Roman temples built between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD. The lower two temples, dedicated to the god Hadaranes and goddess Atargatis, sit at the village edge, while two upper temples at Hosn Niha stand 2 km uphill at 1,400 m elevation. The large Temple A functioned as an oracle shrine, with its entrance featuring a carved eagle similar to Baalbek's Temple of Bacchus. An inscription found at the site describes a priestess named Hochmea who reportedly fasted from bread for 20 years.