Tag: Phoenicia
Liban/Histoire: La lettre de Rib Addi, roi de Byblos, au pharaon d’Egypte
Conservée au Musée du Louvre depuis son achat en 1918, la lettre de Lib Addi, roi de Byblos, a été retrouvée à dans la citée antique à l'époque nommée Akhenaton, du nom du Pharaon Akhenaton et aujourd'hui appelé "Amarna".
Secret Bancaire: Le FMI gagne face aux banques
Le Fonds Monétaire International a finalement gagné au 3ème round face aux banques et à leurs différents relais au sein du parlement et des commissions parlementaires. Reste encore à obtenir la divulgation des noms des titulaires des comptes bancaires impliqués dans des opérations de fraude financière.
Lebanon/Heritage: The small temple of Faqra
Lebanon/Heritage: The small temple of Faqra
Less well known than the Great Roman Temple which is attributed to Jupiter - Heliopolis just like the temples of Baalbeck, the sanctuary of Faqra also has on its side a small temple originally pagan and backed by a proto-Byzantine church, which overlooks one of the streams of the Nahr Kalb River.
Lebanon / Heritage: the stelae of Nahr el Kalb
Not very far from us, we tend to forget, the famous historic valley of Nahr el Kalb, site now classified by Unesco as "Memory...
Lebanon / Tourism: A Trip to Tire
Capital of southern Lebanon, Tire was originally an island, which became silted up following the construction of a dike by Alexander the Great to...
Lebanon / Heritage: The great juniper of Lebanon
The large juniper, of its Latin name Juniperus Excelsa , is known in Lebanon as Lezzeb. Highly appreciated by the Egyptians and Phoenicians, it...
Lebanon / Heritage: the old city of Tire in South Lebanon
Tire, one of the premier cities in the region, was founded in the 3rd millennium BC. It will shine so much in History through...
UNE VOIX DANS LE DÉSERT, YA BEYROUTH!
Lorsqu’on me demande de quel pays je viens, je réponds que j’habite le pays de la langue. Née citoyenne du monde, Claire , est...
Lebanon/Heritage: The National Museum of Beirut
The main museum in Lebanon, the National Museum's primary mission is to bring together archaeological artifacts discovered in the territory of the Land of...
Lebanon/Patrimony: The Virgin of Maghdouché or “Our Lady of Waiting”
A city in southern Lebanon in the district of Saida, 50 km from Beirut, it is known to host the famous shrine of the...
Lebanon / Heritage: The tribune or the Podium of the temple of Echmoun
In the Phoenician temple of Echmoun located a little further north of the city of Saïda and inscribed on the Tentative List of the...
Lebanon / Heritage: The ex-votos from the temple of Eschmoun on display at the...
Today exhibited at the Beirut Museum, the votive offerings were originally in the Temple of Echmoun located a little further north of the city...
Lebanon / Heritage: The ex-votos from the temple of Eschmoun on display at the...
Today exhibited at the Beirut Museum, the votive offerings were originally in the Temple of Echmoun located a little further north of the city...
Liban/Patrimoine : À la découverte de Smar Jbeil
Riche en vestiges médiévaux, Smar Jbeil abrite les ruines d’une forteresse datant du début du XIIe siècle, perchée sur un promontoire rocheux, ainsi que deux églises de la même époque : Mar-Nohra et Notre-Dame.