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<< Our Photo Pages >> Byblos - Ancient Village or Settlement in Lebanon

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 23 July 2006  Page Views: 7844

Multi-periodSite Name: Byblos Alternative Name: Gubla
Country: Lebanon
NOTE: This site is 0.175 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Beirut  Nearest Village: Byblos
Latitude: 34.120330N  Longitude: 35.646220E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Byblos
Byblos submitted by AlexHunger : Stele of Hathor like Goddess with King Yehawmilk 600 BCE. Hathor evolved from ishtar, to Astarte, to Ashtoreth and finaly to Hathor on the way from Sumer to Egypt, but the Phoenecias became steadily more influenced by the Egyptians on account of heavy trading activity. Object in the Louvre in Paris. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Lebanon

Ancient town inhabited by Phonecians and later cultures.
In the old town, just south of the port, numerous temples, fortifications and habitations dating as far back as the Neolithic and Chalcolithic.
Exact location unknown, GPS location to nearest town.
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Byblos
Byblos submitted by Jansold : Resheph or Obelisk temple. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Byblos
Byblos submitted by Archiphoenic : Site in Lebanon (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Byblos
Byblos submitted by Archiphoenic (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Byblos
Byblos submitted by Jansold : Byblos citadel, a Crusader castle built on, and reusing the stones of the ancient site (Vote or comment on this photo)

Byblos
Byblos submitted by Jansold : Layers of civilisation at Byblos, from the Neolithic to the Ottomans (Vote or comment on this photo)

Byblos
Byblos submitted by Jansold

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