Herod Agrippa II's aqueous banqueting cave?

SPELUNKIC ARCHAEOLOGY: In a watery Golan cave, Herod’s great-grandson entertained in the Roman imperial style. An altar dedicated to the cult of Pan was likely converted to a banquet area by Herodian ruler Agrippa II, aligning with the account of Josephus, new research shows (Gavriel Fiske, Times of Israel).

The latest excavations at Banias, an archaeological site and national park in the Golan Heights that abuts the border with Lebanon, have shown that a sacred cave long associated with the worship of nature deity Pan was likely repurposed during the late 1st century CE by Agrippa II, the great-grandson of King Herod, as an ancient event hall in the Roman style.

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The underlying technical article is behind a subscription wall. But you can read the abstract for free: Dine and Worship: The Roman Complex in Front of the Pan Grotto in Paneas/Caesarea Philippi (Adi Erlich and Ron Lavi, BASOR 392))

For PaleoJudaica posts on the site of Banias, see the links collected here. For posts on King Herod Agrippa II, see here and links (cf. here).

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