On Location - Byblos, Lebanon

Established around 5000 BC, Byblos is considered to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. Located around 40km north of Beirut the city established itself on the trading route with Egypt. “Byblos” is Greek for papyrus. The Bible was named for Byblos as it was known as “the papyrus book.”

In 1984 UNESCO inscribed Byblos as a cultural World Heritage Site, recognizing the historic value of the ruins of many successive civilizations found there. It has been closely linked to the legends and history of the Mediterranean region for thousands of years, and is directly associated with the history and diffusion of the Phoenician alphabet.