Place: Byblos, Lebanon
Weather: Cloudy with showers, 61/71F.
Route: From Baalbek 90 km west on Aannaya road.
Population: 40,000Significance: One of the oldest continuously inhabited places on the planet. During the Phoenician period it was important in the development of the first alphabet.
Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site
Images:
The ruined port of Byblos (from whc.unesco.org)Temple of the Obelisks (from whc.unesco.org)
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