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Top 5 Archaeological Sites in Lebanon
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Home to some of the Middle East’s most majestic ancient ruins, Lebanon has a rich and varied heritage with over 5,000 years of recorded history. Over the millennia, different conquering empires have left their footprints on the architecture and culture of the country. Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and various Arab dynasties have all populated its shores, leaving a stunning archaeological history to explore. With impressive archaeological sites at Baalbek, Byblos, Tyre, and Anjar - all given World Heritage Site status by UNESCO in 1984 CE - Lebanon promises visitors a journey through the annals of some of the world’s greatest civilisations.
Mantha Zarmakoupi brings history to the surface The Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture conducts underwater surveys to map ancient travel and political intrigue.
For Mantha Zarmakoupi, an archaeological survey isn t just about the artifacts it’s about reliving the human experience. Mantha Zarmakoupi, Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture. (Image: Omnia)
“We were cleaning debris from a building that had fallen off a cliff on the island of Kythnos, and I saw this piece of clay with the imprint of a finger,” says Zarmakoupi, the Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture in the Department of History of Art in the School of Arts & Sciences. “It was actually a seal from the Hellenistic period and on the other side was the representation of somebody in profile. But I remember t