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Jidejian, Nina

Byblos Through the Ages

Dar El-Machreq Publishers, 1968

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Year of publication
1968
Place of printing
Beirut
Author
Jidejian, Nina
Publishers
Dar El-Machreq Publishers
Edition
First Edition
Keyword
Lebanon Byblos
Cover description
No Jacket
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

Byblos, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, has been a prehistoric fishing village, a Bronze Age commercial center, a Roman resort area, and a Crusader outpost. Its location at the focus of trade and cultural exchange in antiquity made it a truly cosmopolitan city with an importance which reached far beyond the Phoenician . Foreword by M. Dunand. This volume, based on a careful examination of the archaeological evidence and a constant appeal to ancient texts, tells the story of ancient and classical Byblos - for scholar and layman alike," 221p. illus. bibliography index decorative endpapers. A handsomely bound large format volume [12x9x1.5"] 1.2kg