Aia kekahi kauhale liʻiliʻi o ka wā kahiko i kapa ʻia ʻo "Ain Dara" ma ke komohana ʻākau o Aleppo, ma Suria, kahi e kaena nei i kahi hanana mōʻaukala kupaianaha - ka Luakini ʻo Ain Dara, aia ma ke komohana o ke kauhale.
Ma waho o ka puka o ka luakini ʻo Ain Dara, aia kahi hōʻailona kūʻiʻo ʻole mai ka mōʻaukala - he mau kapuwai wāwae nunui. A hiki i kēia lā, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka mea nāna lākou i hana a no ke aha lākou i kālai ʻia ai pēlā.
Hōʻike mau nā kaʻao a me nā moʻolelo o ka wā kahiko i ko mākou poʻe mua i ka manaʻo o nā kānaka nunui loa o ke kino nunui i hele wāwae i ka Honua. ʻO ka luakini ʻo Ain Dara hanohano, a i ʻole ka mea i koe o ia mea, i huki mua i ka maka o ka pāpāho i 1955 i ka manawa i loaʻa kahi liona basalt kolosal ma ka pūnaewele.
Ua ʻeli ʻia ka luakini Iron-Age a ua aʻo pololei ʻia ma waena o 1980 a me 1985, a ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka luakini o King Solomon ma nā manawa he nui.
Wahi a ka Bible History Daily, he mea kupaianaha loa nā mea like pū i waena o ka luakini ʻo ʻAin Dara a me ka luakini i hōʻike ʻia i loko o ka Baibala. Ua kūkulu ʻia nā hale ʻelua ma nā paepae hana nui i kūkulu ʻia ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻena o ko lākou mau kaona.
ʻO ka hoʻolālā o nā hale e pili ana i kahi ʻano ʻekolu ʻāpana: kahi lana komo i kākoʻo ʻia e nā kolamu ʻelua, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka hale hoʻāno nui (ka hale o ka luakini ʻo 'Ain Dara i hale antechamber a me ka lumi nui), a ma hope o ka paku, hale kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, ʻike ʻia ʻo Holy of Holies.
ʻO kahi moʻo o nā keʻena multistoried a me nā keʻena i lawelawe i nā ʻano hana like ʻole e hoʻopuni iā lākou ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻekolu o kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao o ka hale nui.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai ʻo ka luakini ʻo Ain Dara e kaʻana like i nā ʻano me ka luakini o King Solomon, hiki ʻole ke ʻano like. ʻO ka luakini ʻo Ain Dara, e like me ka mea ʻeli a Ali Abu Assaf, i kūkulu ʻia ma kahi o 1300 BC a mau no 550 mau makahiki, mai 740 BC a i 1300 BC.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā kānaka hulihonua ke hoʻoholo i nā akua i hoʻomana ʻia ma ka luakini a iā ia i hoʻolaʻa ʻia ai. Manaʻo kekahi mau akeakamai ua kūkulu ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he akua no Ishtar, ke akua wahine o ka momona. Manaʻo kekahi he akua wahine ʻo Astarte, ka mea nona ka keʻena kapu. Manaʻo kekahi hui ʻo ke akua ʻo Baʻala Hadad ka mea nona ka luakini.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea i kūkulu ʻia o ka luakini, e like me nā hoʻokumu ʻana o nā limamona a me nā poloka basalt, i mālama pono ʻia i nā kenekulia. ʻOiai ʻo ka hanana i hōʻike ʻia i nā paia mudbrick i uhi ʻia me ka panā lāʻau, ua hala ʻē kēlā hiʻohiʻona i ka mōʻaukala.
Nui nā kālai kiʻi kālai kiʻi e hōʻike ana i nā liona, nā kerubima, a me nā mea kaʻao ʻē aʻe, nā akua kuahiwi, nā paleta, a me nā kāhiko geometric hoʻonani i ka paia o waho a me loko o ka hale.
Kiaʻi ʻia ka puka o ka luakini ʻo Ain Dara e kekahi mau wāwae wāwae i kālai ʻia e kū ana ma ka paepae. Aia ma kahi o hoʻokahi mika ka loa a pili i ka hale o ka luakini.
ʻO ka luakini ʻo ʻAin Dara, e like me ka luakini o Solomon, ua kiʻi ʻia e ka pā i pā ʻia me nā pōhaku. Ma luna o ka pōhaku hae, ua kākau ʻia ka paepae hema, e hōʻailona ana i ke komo ʻana o ke akua i loko o ka luakini. I ka paepae o ka cella, ua kahakaha ʻia ka paepae ʻākau, e hōʻike ana he ʻelua wale nō ʻanuʻu ke akua nui e komo ai i ka luakini.
ʻO ka wahi ma waena o nā kapuwai ʻelua ma kahi o 30 kapuaʻi. Kūpono kahi paepae o 30 kapuaʻi no kahi kanaka a akua wahine paha ma kahi o 65 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe. Nui ka luakini no ke akua e komo a noho ai me ka ʻoluʻolu.
Ua kānalua nā kānaka noiʻi no ke aha lākou i kahakaha ʻia ai a me ka hana a lākou i hana ai. Ua manaʻo kekahi mau ʻepekema hiki ke kūkulu ʻia nā kapuwaʻi wāwae e hoʻāla i ke alo o nā akua, e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he kiʻi ikona o ke akua. ʻOiai ʻoiai ʻaʻole kēia he kuina maoli o nā kapuai pilikua, he ʻoiaʻiʻo ke kālai ʻana, a ke hōʻike nei ua kamaʻāina a ʻike ʻia nā kūpuna o kā mākou kūpuna i ka nui nui.
ʻIke ka poʻe āpau ʻo Mesopotamia ka mea kaulana no ke ʻano o ka lāhui a me ke kumu o kekahi o nā kaʻao moʻomeheu nui o ka honua, no laila nā mea ʻē a pīhoihoi e like me nā kapuaʻi gigantic e manaʻo ʻia ma ka ʻāina.
Hōʻike ka moʻo'ōlelo o nā wahi e pili ana kahi manawa a nā pilikua, nā kupua, a me nā akua e holoholo ai i ka Honua e waiho ana i ko lākou māka ma hope. Hōʻike kekahi o kēia mau moʻolelo ʻO Anunnaki nāna, e like me ka kaao, i hele mai ma ka honua mai nā panalā ʻē aʻe he mau makahiki i hala aku nei a hoʻololi i kā mākou lāhui mau loa.
