Photos of Audience Hall or Great Temple-4

All photos by Dick Osseman unless otherwise noted

Architectural drawing of "Great Temple" by Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos
Adapted architectural drawing of “Great Temple” by Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos

The exact purpose of this huge complex is still unclear. Early European explorers dubbed it the Great Temple, and the name has stuck, although there is considerable evidence that it was never a temple. In The Cats of Rekem it is Aretas’ great audience hall.

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