In the village of Busan in the eastern countryside of As-Suwayda, an ancient temple stands as one of the archaeological landmarks of a village that witnessed successive civilizations and peoples—from the Nabataean period through the Roman and Byzantine eras up to the Islamic periods—leaving their traces in its every corner.
Built during the Roman era about two thousand years ago, the temple known as the “Busan Temple” still has its lower courses preserved beneath later stone houses.
Historical documents mention the existence of around 800 houses in the village by the end of the Roman period.
