Na'aman River
The Na'aman (Template:Langx, Nahal Na'aman) or Na'mein River (Template:Langx, Nahr Na'mein)[1] is a stream in northwestern Israel. To the ancient writers Pliny, Tacitus, and Josephus, it was known as the Belus (Latin) or Belos River (Template:Langx, Bē̂los) of Phoenicia.[2][3]
Course
The Na'aman River originates from springs near Ein Afek (primarily Ein Nymphit) and flows through the Zebulun Valley from south to north before emptying into the Bay of Haifa (formerly Bay of Acre) south of Acre (Akko) on the Mediterranean Sea.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It previously flowed directly south of Tel Akko (the site of ancient Acre) but has shifted over time to be about Script error: No such module "convert". away.
The En Afek Nature Reserve near the Haifa Bay suburb of Kiryat Bialik, is the last remnant of the Nahal Na'aman wetlands.[4]
History
Once known as Belus or Belos, the river is mentioned by Isidore of Seville.[5] According to the legend, this is where glass-making was invented. Tacitus also mentions glassmaking at the Belus. Pliny the Elder (Natural History, 5.19), using the name 'Pacida', mentions that the river flowed from Lake Cendevia (now below Mount Carmel) for Script error: No such module "convert". to the sea near "Ptolemais Ace" (Acre, Israel), and that it was celebrated for its vitreous sands. The name is based on Baal.[6]
See also
References
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- ↑ The Survey of Western Palestine: A General Index, Volume 1, p.131, Palestine Exploration Fund (1888)
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- ↑ "En Afek Nature Reserve"
- ↑ Etymologiae
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