Sarafand

Lebanon / al-Janub / Sayda /
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Sarafand (28 kilometers north of Tyre) is the site of ancient Serepta, mentioned in the Bible. Excavations here revealed the remains of Canaanite-Phoenician structures and Roman port installations. Modern Sarafand still has a workshop where the ancient Phoenician art of glass blowing is practiced.
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Coordinates:   33°27'25"N   35°17'59"E

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  • Sarafand is the new name of the once famous city of Sarephta. The name meant where they worked with metals and money; thus, "sarafa and sarraf" in Arabic mean to melt metals or spend/exchange money. ( Abbas M. Hakim )
  • It is no coincidence that names of old still persist until our time. On an ivory plaque found in the ancient ruins of sarafand, the following text was inscribed (translation of the Phoenician text): "This is a votive offering from Salim bin Mif'al Al 'izzi to the shrine of the goddesses Tanit and Ashtart" which makes it clear that the worship of both goddesses was practiced by the Phoenicians of Sarafand. Also it is worth mentioning here that Tanit later became the supreme personality of worship in north Africa when the Phoenicians of Tyre occupied that part of Africa. (Abbas M. Hakim - Administrator of Sarafand Academy School)
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