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Banias

Also known as Paneas, Banias

undated

33.2472, 35.6939 · Wikidata Q606295 P625 (accessed 2026-11-12) · On the map

This name is already in the atlas. The older page is /places/paneas. The sources below were added with the live expansion.

Site of Peter's confession in Mark 8; by the 4th century reported to hold a statue thought to be of Jesus.

Wikipedia extract

Banias, also spelled Banyas, is a site in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Syria near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek god Pan. It had been inhabited for 2,000 years, until its Syrian population fled and their homes were destroyed by Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. It is located at the foot of Mount Hermon, north of the Golan Heights, the classical Gaulanitis, in the part occupied by Israel. The spring is the source of the Banias River, one of the main tributaries of the Jordan River. Archaeologists uncovered a shrine dedicated to Pan and related deities, and the remains of an ancient city dating from the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

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Sources

  • Banias · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wikidata Q606295 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0

Authority files

galilee · new-testament

Banias · DeChurched Atlas