Tag: “Jubayl”

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   Byblos Model?

   Tilt-Shift view of the ancient port city of Byblos (Jbeil), Lebanon. Viewed from the roof of the Crusader-era fortress overlooking the lucrative port (Mediterranean Sea).
   
   Byblos was THE city of the Phoenician Empire (credited with the creation of the modern alphabet), and where our modern English words for "Bible" & Bibliography" are derived from.

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   Historic Port, Quarter & Souks

   The city we know as Byblos in the Western world is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon, called Jbeil (جبيل Ǧubayl) in Arabic. It is believed to have been founded around 5000 BC, and according to fragments attributed to the semi-legendary pre-Trojan war Phoenician historian Sanchuniathon, it was the first city ever built, and even today is believed by many to be the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world.
   
   It is mentioned in the Bible in 1 Kings 5:32, referring to the nationality of the builders of Solomon's Temple.
   
   So, it's old.