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Byblos (Unesco world heritage), Lebanon

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Crusader castle and colonnade, ancient town of Byblos (Jbail), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mount Lebanon District, Lebanon.

The ruins of many successive civilizations are found at Byblos, one of the oldest Phoenician cities. The famous sarcophagus of Ahiram, King of Byblos, with the oldest evidence of the Phoenician alphabet, was discovered here.

In 1984, Byblos was added to the Unesco world heritage list.

 

Submitted: 07/10/2017

Accepted: 13/10/2017

 

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