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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hiram's Tomb - Rock Cut Tomb in Lebanon

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Multi-periodSite Name: Hiram's Tomb Alternative Name: Qabr Hiram
Country: Lebanon
NOTE: This site is 10.561 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Tyre  Nearest Village: Al Janub
Latitude: 33.233330N  Longitude: 35.283330E
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
4 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
4

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Hiram's Tomb
Hiram's Tomb submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Syria", an account of French archaeologists, via archive.org Site in Lebanon (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Cut Tomb in Lebanon

Assyrian or Persian era rock cut tomb with massoned stone Cenotaph popularly attributed to the biblical king Hiram.
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Hiram's Tomb
Hiram's Tomb submitted by durhamnature : Drawing from "Antiquities of the Orient" via archive.org. Nicely drawn trees. Site in Lebanon (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hiram's Tomb
Hiram's Tomb submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "History of Art in Phoenicia" via archive.org Site in Lebanon (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hiram's Tomb
Hiram's Tomb submitted by durhamnature : The tomb, from "Phoenicia" via archive.org There is always someone standing next to it ! Site in Lebanon (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hiram's Tomb
Hiram's Tomb submitted by durhamnature : Old photo, from "Petra Peraea and Phoenicia" via archive.org Site in Lebanon (Vote or comment on this photo)

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