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In the southern gardens of the main building
are the ruins of a 6th century Byzantine church and an old cave.
The site was first identified in the last century by Major C.R.Conder,
who excavated part of the church. At the beginning of the 20th
century, R.Savignac and M.Abel recorded two inscriptions among
the ruins, one of which may indicate that the church was dedicated
to St.George. The other raises the possibility that the church
was built over or near a Roman temple dedicated to Hercules.In
1992, with the blessing of the Ministry of Tourism and Department
of antiquities, the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation approached
Dr. Pierre Bikai, Director of the American Center for Oriental
Research (ACOR), to excavate and restore the church. Remnants of a mosaic floor was unearthed and
ancient artifacts recovered from the site are on display in a
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