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Tell Hizzin
Early Bronze to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE) · EB Bekaa → Middle Bronze → Iron
Western Bekaa foothill agrarian mound (3000–600 BCE) with Iron deep silos near Zahle.
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🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Early Bronze to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE) · EB Bekaa → Middle Bronze → Iron
Western Bekaa foothill agrarian mound (3000–600 BCE) with Iron deep silos near Zahle.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Baalbek Temple of Bacchus South Colonnade Trilithon in Bekaa, Baalbek, Lebanon is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Neolithic to Medieval (c. 6000 BCE – 1300 CE) · Neolithic / Early Bronze Canaanite / Phoenician / Egyptian / Persian / Roman
World's oldest Phoenician anchorage drowned 2–5 m off Jbeil – Bronze Age anchor field and proto-mole.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Sidon College Site Middle Bronze Glacis in South, Sidon, Lebanon is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Neolithic through Iron Age and Byzantine (c.5000 BCE–600 CE); Chalcolithic, EBA–MB, LB II Amarna Kumidi, Iron–Persian · Chalcolithic → EBA–MBA Beqaa → LB Egyptian vassal (Kumidi) → Iron Phoenician–Persian → Hellenistic
Beqaa Kumidi — Amarna Egyptian vassal palace with cuneiform archive and fresco (26 m, 16 m stratigraphy, LB II).
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (c.50,000–20,000 BP) · Levallois-Mousterian → IUP → Levantine Aurignacian → Kebaran
Levantine UP type rockshelter (23 m, 50–20 ka, Egbert, IUP→Aurignacian) 10 km NE Beirut.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Byblos — Obelisk Temple North Altar in Mount Lebanon, Byblos, Obelisk Temple, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribu…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Bronze – Crusader (peak Phoenician 1200–333 BCE) · Phoenician (Canaanite)
Only excavated Phoenician heartland city (2000 BCE–333 BCE) — pottery, glass and Tanit shrine.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Cave
Middle Palaeolithic to present (c.80,000 BP–modern) · Mousterian → Aurignacian → Holocene
Keserwan 9 km karst system (Mousterian–Aurignacian, 5 m speleothems) on Nahr al-Kalb gorge.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Buried city
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Nahal Down Buried Settlement in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) buried city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Hydraulic works
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Hydraulic System at Scar Ridge in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) hydraulic attributed to Nazca culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Rock art
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Grey Petroglyph Field in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) rock art attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Megalith
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Mound Canal Standing Stones in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Tell el-Pit-Gill in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tumulus
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Tumulus of Moor Bal in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) tumulus attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Megalith
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Dolmen de Wadi Settlement in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) megalithic attributed to Nazca culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Hydraulic works
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Reservoir of New Cist in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Early Bronze Age (3200–2000 BCE) · Canaanite Byblos coastal quarry
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.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
EB IV to Iron II (c.2400–800 BCE; peak LB Egyptian) · Amorite → Egyptian–Canaanite (Kumidi) → Hittite → Phoenician
Bronze–Iron town (4 ha, 15 m high) at the Litani–Bekaa margin, German excavations by Arnulf Kuschke and Rolf Hachmann, i...
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Middle Bronze to Iron Age (c.1800–600 BCE; 11 levels) · MB IIB → Late Bronze → Iron I–II (Bekaa Canaanite-Phoenician)
Bekaa agrarian tell with 11 levels (1800–600 BCE) and womb-burial inside AREC farm near Baalbek.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Neolithic to Crusader (c.6000 BCE–1300 CE; peak EB–Iron) · Halaf → EBA Levantine → Amorite → Egyptian–Canaanite → Phoenician → Crusader
Coastal plain tell near the Akkar river, French-Lebanese excavations by Jean-Paul Thalmann since 1978. Continuous Neolit...
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Tyre — Al-Mina Temple North Precinct (Phoenician) in South, Tyre, Al-Mina, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Neolithic to present (c.4000 BCE–present; Bronze Age city from 3000 BCE) · Canaanite / Phoenician / Persian / Hellenistic / Roman / Crusader / Ottoman
Third great Phoenician city-state, Sidon was famed for glassmaking, purple dye, and as mother-city of Tyre.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Pyramid
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Pyramid of Hermitage in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) pyramid attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.