Byblos

Byblos ( ; ), also known as Jbail, Jebeil, Jbeil or Jubayl (, locally ), is an ancient city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The area is believed to have been first settled between 8800 and 7000BC and continuously inhabited since 5000BC. During its history, Byblos was part of numerous cultures including Egyptian, Phoenician, Assyrian, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Genoese, Mamluk and Ottoman. Urbanisation is thought to have begun during the third millennium BC when it developed into a city, making it one of the oldest cities in the world, if not the oldest. It is a UNESCO World Her

castle in Byblos

Pharaoh Osorkon I, second king of Egypt's 22nd Dynasty (reigned 922–887 BC). The statue bears the cartouche of the king and a Phoenician inscription in the name of Elibaal, king of Byblos, fromerly in the Peytel collection

temple in Byblos

Five inscriptions from Byblos written in an early type of Phoenician script

temple in Byblos

Phoenician funerary inscription