Temple of the Obelisks
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Almost all of the artefacts found in the excavation of the temple are displayed at the National Museum of Beirut. It was excavated by French archaeologist Maurice Dunand from 1924-73. The original tem
Temple of the Obeliques, Lebanon.
The L Shaped Temple
The Obelisk Temple
1959 view of the temple base and top
Phoenicia
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The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic-speaking people who inhabited city-states in Canaan along the Levantine coast of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily in present-day Lebanon. Their maritime civ
Temple of the Obelisks
…Among the significant discoveries within the temple was that of the Abishemu Obelisk, a limestone obelisk created around 1800 BCE commemorating the Phoenician king Abishemu I of Byblos. Written in Egyptian hieroglyphs, it includes an inscription which scholars have identified as a dedication to Heryshaf, whose…
Approximate extent of Phoenician settlements and trade routes c. 800 BC.
Two bronze fragments from an Assyrian palace gate depicting the collection of tribute from the Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon (859–824 BC). British Museum.
Phoenicians build pontoon bridges for Xerxes I of Persia during the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC (1915 drawing by A. C. Weatherstone).
Achaemenid-era coin of Abdashtart I of Sidon, who is seen at the back of the chariot, behind the Persian King