Byblos Archaeological Site
Also known as جبيل
-1900
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Byblos, the modern Jbeil on the Lebanese coast north of Beirut, is one of the longest continuously inhabited tells in the eastern Mediterranean. The archaeological city brings Neolithic levels, Bronze Age temples and royal tombs…
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- 1-300
A Roman colonnaded street and theatre were added to the seaward slope during the imperial period.
- 1100-1200
A Crusader castle and medieval walls were built at the entrance of the city in the twelfth century, partly from spolia of the earlier monuments.
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