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  • Built along a north-south axis, Palmyra's temple contains two niches, or adyta , that once housed the cult statues of Bel, Iarhibol and Aglibol, members of the city's divine triad.

    Temple of the 'Bride of the Desert' Christian C. Sahner 2011

  • Bel of the storm, Jarhibol of the sun, Aglibol of the moon-Ashtoreth of be-gettings and births, terrible in beauty, she who descended into hell to win back her lover-unseen, they strode across the earth; unheard, they shouted throughout heaven; the sea that Aliyat had never known thundered behind her breasts.

    The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989

  • Bel of the storm, Jarhibol of the sun, Aglibol of the moon"Ashtoreth of be-gettings and births, terrible in beauty, she who descended into hell to win back her lover-unseen, they strode across the earth; unheard, they shouted throughout heaven; the sea that Aliyat had never known thundered behind her breasts.

    The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1988

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