Religion / idea · deity
Bel (god)
Bel, meaning 'lord', was a title of the Babylonian god Marduk that became the name of a chief god worshipped across Mesopotamia, Syria and western Iran. At Palmyra Bel was the supreme deity, honoured in the great Temple of Bel dedicated in 32 CE and destroyed by Islamic State in 2015, and in Elymais the Seleucid king Antiochus III died in 187 BCE while plundering a temple of Bel.
Mentioned in 2 state histories
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bel (god). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bel-god
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