Take the Rashaya road
from Masnaa and continue four kilometers on to Aiha, parking near
the pond at the center of the village. Aiha is built on the foundations
of numerous Roman temples and structures. In some cases Roman walls
have been reused in present-day houses and once-visible temple foundations
have disappeared into modern structures as basements. At one household,
a stone relief carving of a robed figure sits in the yard. Alongside
it is ancient stone well and temple debris.
Numerous column drums, moldings and dressed stones have been incorporated
into the walls in the village's northwest section, and massive retaining
walls of the Roman enclosure terrace can still be seen-now as part
of modern houses.
Aiha's residents will gladly show you around their intriguing town.
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