Aadloun
Aadloun, Adloun or Adlun () is a coastal municipality in South Lebanon, south of Sidon famous for its cultivation of watermelons. It is also the site of a Phoenician necropolis and prehistoric caves where four archaeological sites have been discovered and dated to the Stone Age. The evidence of human occupation of Abri Zumoffen (or Aadloun I) has been dated as far back as 71,000 BCE with occupation of Bezez Cave (Aadloun II) dating back even further into the earlier Middle Paleolithic.
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- Locality
- عدلون
- Region
- محافظة الجنوب
- Country
- لبنان
- Population
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12 sectionsContents
- Prehistoric sites
- Aadloun I
- Aadloun II
- Aadloun III
- Aadloun IV
- Materials recovered
- Modern era
- Demographics
- Notable people
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Aadloun, Adloun or Adlun () is a coastal municipality in South Lebanon, south of Sidon famous for its cultivation of watermelons. It is also the site of a Phoenician necropolis and prehistoric caves where four archaeological sites have been discovered and dated to the Stone Age. The evidence of human occupation of Abri Zumoffen (or Aadloun I) has been dated as far back as 71,000 BCE with occupation of Bezez Cave (Aadloun II) dating back even further into the earlier Middle Paleolithic.
== Prehistoric sites ==
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