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I had the opportunity to visit Byblos, Lebanon and spend a few hours walking around. It was fascinating to me how many different civilizations had left physical
by impendia 7y ago
I had the opportunity to visit Byblos, Lebanon and spend a few hours walking around. It was fascinating to me how many different civilizations had left physical imprints: Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, European Crusaders.
I highly recommend a visit to any city on this list.
- bald 7y agoas a native German, I can say you might want to skip Neuss, you won't miss out on a lot :P
- netcan 7y agoDon't forget Phoenicians, Assyrians & such. They were the local cultures. Those others were imperial rulers.
- ronyfadel 7y agoI’m from a town nearby. It’s a shame how the ruins have been left filthy and unattended. A Phoenician king’s tomb from multiple millenia BCE is littered with cans of soda and plastic bottles. When I brought friends from Europe to see Lebanon, we saw, I kid you not, the tour guide throwing an empty plastic water bottle down the crater that held sarcophagi.
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- anonu 7y agoPhoenicians as well. And the Canaanites [1] before them. Byblos is indeed an ancient city. It's believed that the first inhabitants were there around 8000BCE. Today's vestiges in Byblos are maybe younger than 500BCE though.. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan
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