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|alternate_name = Ain Aata, 'Ain 'Ata, Ayn Aata
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'''Ain Aata''', '''Ain Ata''', ''''Ain 'Ata''' or '''Ayn Aata''' is a village and municipality situated southwest of [[Place:Rashaya|Rashaya]], {{convert|99|km|mi}} south-east of [[Place:Beirut|Beirut]], in the Rashaya District of the Beqaa Governorate in [[Place:Lebanon|Lebanon]].<ref name="Kitto2003">Kitto, 2003, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=pOg35D6c69gC&pg=PA344 344]–</ref>

The name is thought to mean ''"gift [[Earth:Spring (hydrology)|spring]]"''.<ref name="Britain)1837">Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), 1837, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=oU89AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA98 98]–</ref> There is a remarkably cold spring in the area.<ref name="Harvey">Harvey, 1861, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XPPzxyvJzLMC&pg=PA145 145] ff</ref>

==History==
In 1838, Eli Smith noted  '''Ain 'Ata's'' population as being [[Philosophy:Druze|Druze]] and "Greek" Christians.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/138/mode/1up 138]</ref>

==Roman temple==
Recent epigraphic surveys have confirmed the ruins of a Roman temple and cult site in the village that are included in the group of Temples of Mount Hermon.<ref name="Kaizer2008">Kaizer, 2012, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KgVD3WL0vAsC&pg=PA76 76] ff</ref><ref>Mouterde, 1951–1952, pp. 19–89</ref><ref name="RobinsonSmith1857">Robinson and Smith, 1857, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=IcgoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA43 438] ff</ref><ref name="Stanley1871">Stanley, 1871, p. [https://archive.org/details/sinaiandpalesti04stangoog/page/n469 408] ff</ref>

==See also==
* Druze in Lebanon
* Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christians

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book|author=Harvey, Annie Jane |year= 1861|title=Our Cruise in the Claymore, with a Visit to Damascus and the Lebanon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XPPzxyvJzLMC&pg=PA145|publisher=Elibron.com|isbn=978-1-4021-3492-0|page=145}}
*{{cite book|author=Kaizer, Ted|title=Aliquot, Julien., Sanctuaries and villages on Mount Hermon in the Roman period in The Variety of Local Religious Life in the Near East in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KgVD3WL0vAsC&pg=PA76|year=2008|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-16735-3|page=76}}
*{{cite journal |last=Mouterde |first=R. |title=Antiquités de l'Hermon et de la Beqâ |journal=Mélanges de l'Université St. Joseph |volume=29 |pages=19–89 |date=1951–1952|doi=10.3406/mefao.1951.1033 |s2cid=239122864 }}
*{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|last2=Smith|first2=E.|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838|  location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}} 
*{{cite book|author1=Robinson, E.|author2=Smith, E.|author-link2=Eli Smith|title=Later Biblical researches in Palestine, and in the adjacent regions: a journal of travels in the year 1852|url=https://archive.org/details/laterbiblicalre02robigoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/laterbiblicalre02robigoog/page/n474 438]|year=1857|publisher=Crocker and Brewster}}
*{{cite book|author=Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)|title=The journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oU89AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA98|year=1837|publisher=J. Murray|page=98}}
*{{cite book|author=Stanley, A.P.|title=Sinai and Palestine: in connection with their history|url=https://archive.org/details/sinaiandpalesti04stangoog|access-date=22 September 2012|year=1871|publisher=J. Murray|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sinaiandpalesti04stangoog/page/n469 408]–}}
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==External links==
*[http://localiban.org/spip.php?article4565 Ain Aata on Localiban]
*[http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-1155357&fid=3646&c=lebanon 'Ain 'Ata on geographic.org]
*[http://almashriq.hiof.no/ddc/projects/mot/photobase/mohafazat/BekaaRachaya.html#MT12JPEG0247 Photos of Roman temples in the Rashaya area on the American University of Beirut website]
*[http://www.discoverlebanon.com/en/panoramic_views/roman-temples-lebanon.php Roman Temples on discoverlebanon.com]
*[http://wikimapia.org/863512/Ain-Aata Ain Ata on wikimapia]
*[http://www.geody.com/geospot.php?world=terra&ufi=-800788&alc=ynA Ain Ata on geody.com]
*[http://concordances.org/hebrew/1043.htm Hebrew concordance entry for Beth-Anath, "Temple of Anat"]

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