Byblos, or Jbeil as it is commonly called, is one of the most
beautiful cities in Lebanon.During the time of the Phoenician
Empire, it was the birth place of the Alphabet among many other
developments. it is from this city that the Bible gets its name.
In its shadows grew the mythological legends of Adonis (Phoenician
god of beauty)and Ishtar (Phoenician goddess of love; she was
renamed Aphrodite by the Greeks and Venus by the Romans)
The Old Town from afar. (Jbail), one of the oldest towns in the world, goes back at least 9000 years. The rise and fall of nearly two dozen successive levels of human culture on this site makes it one of the richest archaeological areas in the Middle East. Millennia ago Byblos was the commercial and religious capital of the Phoenician coast.
This 19th century villa has the ancient ruins for its backyard. These specific ruins date from 3,200 B.C., they were part of a temple. Byblos also gave its name to the Bible and it was here that the first linear alphabet, ancestor of our alphabet, was invented. In the modern town, 36 kilometers north of Beirut,
the Roman-medieval port has been repaired and nearby are the extensive excavated remains of the city's past which stretch from the Stone Age to the Crusader era. This old part of town with its archeological areas dominated by the crusader castle, make Byblos a popular destination.
This church has survived for almost a thousand years.
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