Resource Manager Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Thread: Lebanon Archaeological News News items relating to recent discoveries in Bible Lands and including up-dates of past discoveries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Excavations Reveal the Forgotten Cultural Treasures of Sidon’s Past July 04, 2012 01:27 AM By Mohammed Zaatari The Daily Star "SIDON: Excavations led by a delegation from the British Museum at the Frères’ archaeological site in the old city of Sidon unearthed more important antiquities during their 14th year, it was revealed Tuesday. Preparations also got under way for the construction of a museum to display the findings at the site. The construction is due to begin in September. Discoveries at the site since excavations began in 1998 have revealed artifacts from the Early Bronze Age, which began around 3,000 B.C., through to the Iron Age, which covered around 1,200-539 B.C. Among the latest discoveries was a particular type of Phoenician architecture, which the archaeologists said was not commonly found in Lebanon, consisting of stones cut for the construction of walls or floors. Over 50 amphorae were also found, as well as a stunning Attic vase, depicting two riders going to war wearing white tunics and holding spears. Excavations also turned up further graves in addition to those found in previous years, dating to the second millennium, bringing the total number of graves found at the site to 122. Among the latest discoveries was a Mesopotamian-style cylinder seal, which was used to roll pictures onto surfaces, featuring the God of water and the Goddess Lama. Archaeologists also found further evidence that shelters were constructed at the time of burial, and food such as lentils, chickpeas and beans were consumed. Among the findings this year were a platform used around 1,600 B.C. within a large temple built for burial ceremonies." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted May 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Unique Statue of Phoenician Priest Discovered in SidonMay 19, 2014 07:14 PMThe Daily StarSIDON, "Lebanon: A statue of a Phoenician priest has been uncovered at an excavation site in the southern city of Sidon, along with other antiquities, the most unique find for Lebanon in decades, the British Museum team announced Monday.The priest, 115 centimeters high and dating back to the sixth century B.C., was found at the Freres College site, which has been under excavation for the last 16 years, the head of the excavation, Claude Doumit Serhal, announced at a press conference at the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities.“Nothing comparable has been found in Lebanon since the early 1960s, and only three other examples originating from Sidon, Umm al-Ahmed and Tyre are housed in the Beirut National Museum,” the statement said."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Nebuchadnezzar in Lebanon: Registration of Brisa in Their Historical ContextMay 30, 2014By Rocio Da Riva"Nebuchadnezzar II was a charismatic king and his political and military achievements have turned Babylon into a world power. During his long reign (605-562 BC), Babylon reached its maximum territorial expansion by annexing large areas that were previously under control and reducing Assyrian Egyptian influence in Syria and the Levant (map).Following his military campaigns, raw materials and manufactured goods in remote areas flocked to Babylon, the great capital of the empire, where magnificent temples were erected to the glory of the gods, especially Marduk, and great palaces were built to celebrate the power of the monarch. The economic prosperity of Babylonia during these years is evident in the thousands of cuneiform documents found in official and private archives in different cities of Mesopotamia. The political ideology of the Empire found in many royal inscriptions, where Nebuchadnezzar portrayed as a pious man, a king of justice and a shepherd to his people."ContinuedArticle in French use Google Translate or Chrome IconH/t: BiblePlacesBlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Archaeologists Discover Secret Room in Ancient Sidon Temple By Mohammed Zaatari Feb. 24, 2015 | 12:10 AM SIDON, Lebanon: "Dozens of workers were busy covering old Sidon’s Frères archaeological site Monday, to protect a major new discovery unearthed by a delegation from the British Museum. “A small contingent of the British Museum/Directorate General of Antiquities of Lebanon team of archaeologists discovered a new deeply concealed room,” read a statement released by the delegation. The newly discovered monumental room is believed to be an extension of the underground Temple of Sidon, which dates back to the Bronze Age. This finding comes as workers prepare the foundations of a new national museum, which will be established beside the archaeological site. Construction of the museum led to urgent excavations at the site last month." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted June 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Jun. 27, 2015 | 12:42 AM Workers Uncover Roman Burial Site, Antiquities in Sidon Mohammed Zaatari | The Daily Star SIDON, Lebanon: "A Roman wall and two burial grounds are among the latest archaeological treasures unearthed in the southern city of Sidon, which every now and then reveals another glimpse of its rich and ancient history. The burial grounds and the wall – more than 12 meters long and up to 2.5 meters high – were found at a construction site in the Sidon neighborhood of Bustan al-Kabir. Skeletons, pottery and coins with Latin inscriptions were also discovered inside the burial grounds." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Murex Map of Lebanon (Post by A.D. Riddle) "The journal Hannon: Revue libanaise de géographie is published by the Lebanese University in Beirut. The cover of the journal depicts a map of Lebanon using the shape of a Murex mollusk shell—a pretty clever idea, I thought. The sea snail that calls these shells home was extracted by the Phoenicians to create a purple dye."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 New Battle in One of the World’s Oldest Cities Habib Battah / 24 Jun 2016 "In the 11th century before Christ, the ancient Egyptian traveler Wenamon describes standing in the office of the prince of Byblos, the waves of the Mediterranean Sea crashing outside the window behind him, as though they were “hitting the back” of the prince’s head."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 21.11.2016 Patra University Experts Helping Establish Location of Ancient Byblos Harbor SAKIS IOANNIDIS "The green cedar tree at the center of Lebanon’s flag is a symbol connecting the Eastern Mediterranean state with its ancient past. Lebanon’s cedars (Cedrus libani) are seen as sacred, not only because they are mentioned 77 times in the Bible, but also because they have greatly contributed to the country’s economic growth. The cedar forests, with trees growing up to 40 meters in height and trunks of up to 2.5 m in diameter, are known to have provided timber for ancient Egypt, Israel and the Babylonians. It is said that the highly resilient wood was used for the construction of Solomon’s famed temple." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted June 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 Ceramic Heads of Possible Goddesses Discovered in Ancient Waste Dump By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | May 30, 2017 07:17am ET "The remains of at least four female heads, made out of ceramic, have been discovered at the ancient town of Porphyreon, located in modern-day Jiyeh, Lebanon."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 Biblical Sidon—Jezebel’s Hometown Who were the Sidonians? Biblical Archaeology Society Staff • 06/19/2017 "Human-Ram Deity from Sidon. With human features as well as the eyebrows, nose and horns of a ram, this painted limestone figurine represents a deity and dates to c. 1650 B.C.E. (the Middle Bronze Age). Photo: Courtesy of Claude Doumet-Serhal.Who were the Sidonians, and what do we know about their religion?The Sidonians were the inhabitants of ancient Sidon, a seaport on the Mediterranean Sea in modern Lebanon. Those familiar with the Biblical text will recall that Sidon was an influential, wealthy Phoenician city when the kings of Israel and Judah ruled during the Iron Age. Yet Sidon was a significant site before this period, too." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 New Study Proves Lebanese Ancestry Is Mostly Phoenician by Anthony B. Kantara June 27, 2017, 9:25 pm "The latest study led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in England and in collaboration with universities from around the world, including Lebanon, Switzerland, and New Zealand, proves that most of the Lebanese ancestry is Phoenician. In fact, they argue that the links go further back to the Canaanites, the historic and biblical people – who include the Phoenician people."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 More on: Summer 2017, Cover Stories, Daily News Modern-Day Lebanese Descend from the Canaanites, Suggests Genetic Study Thu, Jul 27, 2017 "Scientists sequenced the genomes of 4,000-year-old Canaanite individuals and compared them to present-day populations"Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 For Doctors in Training, a Course on Phoenician Edward Fox / 22 Feb 2018 "Last fall, the medical school of Saint Joseph University of Beirut offered, for the first time, a course in a subject not usually associated with the study of medicine: an introduction to written Phoenician, an ancient Semitic language from a region that includes the modern state of Lebanon." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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