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The coastal city of Batroun located in northern Lebanon is one of the oldest cities of the world.
It is said that two chains of caves were discovered along the path of Al Jawz River and it is believed that they were settlements of the early Man. One of the chains and the most famous exists at about a kilometer from the outlet of Al Jawz River. Plenty of axes, knives, drills, perforators in addition to a large set of granite pieces were retrieved from these caves which verifies the history of the early Man that dates back to thousands of years B.C.

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The coastal city of Batroun located in northern Lebanon is one of the oldest cities of the world.
It is said that two chains of caves were discovered along the path of Al Jawz River and it is believed that they were settlements of the early Man. One of the chains and the most famous exists at about a kilometer from the outlet of Al Jawz River. Plenty of axes, knives, drills, perforators in addition to a large set of granite pieces were retrieved from these caves which verifies the history of the early Man that dates back to thousands of years B.C.

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The coastal city of Batroun located in northern Lebanon is one of the oldest cities of the world.
It is said that two chains of caves were discovered along the path of Al Jawz River and it is believed that they were settlements of the early Man. One of the chains and the most famous exists at about a kilometer from the outlet of Al Jawz River. Plenty of axes, knives, drills, perforators in addition to a large set of granite pieces were retrieved from these caves which verifies the history of the early Man that dates back to thousands of years B.C.
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Baalbeck
The great temple at Baalbeck or Heliopolis has stood since the beginning of our era when it was one of the wonders of the world. It and the second temple, with its cellar almost intact, make up one of the most beautiful and famous of ancient monuments.
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For centuries popular fancy connected the place with biblical figures, mankind before the flood, with giants and djinns, and even recently an apparently serious scientist attributed the platform on which the great temple stands to beings who had landed from another planet in remote times.
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It is said that two chains of caves were discovered along the path of Al Jawz River and it is believed that they were settlements of the early Man. One of the chains and the most famous exists at about a kilometer from the outlet of Al Jawz River. Plenty of axes, knives, drills, perforators in addition to a large set of granite pieces were retrieved from these caves which verifies the history of the early Man that dates back to thousands of years B.C.
This issue has also been confirmed by the museum of granite and stony tools whose documents were lost as it was transferred to one of the French museums.Batroun was mentioned by the ancient geographers Strabo, Pliny, Ptolemy,Stephanus Byzantius, and Hierocles. Theophanes called the city "Bostrys."
The Phoenicians founded Batroun on the southern side of the promontory called in Antiquity, Theoprosopon and during the Byzantine Empire, Cape Lithoprosopon. Batroun is said to have been founded by Ithobaal I (Ethbaal), king of Tyre, whose daughter Jezabel (897-866 B.C.) married Ahab.[5] The city belonged under Roman rule to Phoenicia Prima province, and later after the region was Christianized became a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Antioch.

The coastal city of Batroun located in northern Lebanon is one of the oldest cities of the world.
It is said that two chains of caves were discovered along the path of Al Jawz River and it is believed that they were settlements of the early Man. One of the chains and the most famous exists at about a kilometer from the outlet of Al Jawz River. Plenty of axes, knives, drills, perforators in addition to a large set of granite pieces were retrieved from these caves which verifies the history of the early Man that dates back to thousands of years B.C.
stony tools whosedocumentswhose documents were lost
The Phoenicians founded Batroun on the southern side of the promontory called in Antiquity, Theoprosopon and during the Byzantine Empire, Cape Lithoprosopon. Batroun is said to have been founded by Ithobaal I (Ethbaal), king of Tyre, whose daughter Jezabel (897-866 B.C.) married Ahab.[5] The city belonged under Roman rule to Phoenicia Prima province, and later after the region was Christianized became a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Antioch.

Welcome to Ms. Mira-lana's Virtual Tour to Lebanon!
Today we will be discovering three historic cities: Baalbeck, Batroun, and Beiteddine.
some photographs.
Check out the map below to see where they are loacted.
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JustBeiteddine
Just after Deir palace of Beit Eddine.Beiteddine. A delightful
Under his rule there was a boom in public works; roads were laid down or enlarged while new bridges were built and others repaired. His most spectacular achievement, however, remains the aqueduct of the Safa, a spring whose waters are regularly swollen by the melting snows.
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An even greater block still lies in the quarry. An archaeologist has declared that this block alone would make a visit to Baalbeck worthwhile.
For centuries popular fancy connected the place with biblical figures, mankind before the flood, with giants and djinns, and even recently an apparently serious scientist attributed the platform on which the great temple stands to beings who had landed from another planet in remote times.
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