Yabous? Actually Tell Fadous-Kfarabida Submerged Coastal Cut
Early Bronze Age (3200–2000 BCE)·Canaanite Byblos coastal quarry·🇱🇧 Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
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About Yabous? Actually Tell Fadous-Kfarabida Submerged Coastal Cut
Yabous? Actually Tell Fadous-Kfarabida Submerged Coastal Cut in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon is a Early Bronze Age (3200–2000 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Canaanite Byblos coastal quarry. Coastal trench quarry cut now 5 m below sea level near Byblos, EB harbour quarry origin. Genz Tell Fadous submerged beachrock quarry with EB seawall drowned.
Why it mattersKey submerged harbour illustrating Canaanite Byblos coastal quarry maritime engineering
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Sea-level change marker
- 02Harbour engineering
Theories
- 01Canopic branch shifting
- 02Mediterranean port typology
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3200 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3200–2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Canaanite Byblos coastal quarry
- Purpose
- Coastal trench quarry cut now 5 m below sea level near Byblos, EB harbour quarry origin
- Excavation
- Submerged
c. 3200 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1500 CE
Submergence by sea-level rise
c. 1995 CE
Underwater survey
On the ground
Structures & features
34.1200° N · 35.6400° E · -5 m · 3 mapped features
Yabous? Actually Tell Fadous-Kfarabida Submerged Coastal Cut — Breakwater / Mole
moleHarbour mole or breakwater structure
34.1201° N · 35.6401° EYabous? Actually Tell Fadous-Kfarabida Submerged Coastal Cut — Anchorage Basin
basinHarbour basin with mooring stones
34.1198° N · 35.6401° EYabous? Actually Tell Fadous-Kfarabida Submerged Coastal Cut — Storehouse / Quay
quayWarehouses or quay wall
34.1204° N · 35.6398° E