World Heritage Site of Byblos
Jbeil is considered as one of the oldest cities in the world mainly due to the superposition or archaeological levels on one spot spending 8000 years of history.
The site of Byblos (Jbeil) was discovered in 1860 by Ernest Renan during the French survey. Since 1920, it was excavated by the Egyptologist Pierre Montet and then from 1924 by Maurice Dunand for over 60 Years, at the request of the Lebanese General Directorate of Antiquities.
The archaeological excavation yielded monuments and objects of great value illustrating the reputation and the particularity of the city through millennia.
The remains which are visible today are not in a chronological order. Nevertheless, they witness almost all the phases of occupation on this site, despite their relative complexity.
A short tour allows the visit of the royal necropolis and the main temples of the town of the 3rd millennium. The longer tour offers the opportunity to walk through all the preserved remains on the site.
