Levant
This category covers the area that was once called Canaan, or Beyhn Nahrîn, or Eber Nâri, or Bilad al-Sham, or the Levant, or Greater Syria. In other words, Syria, Jorda, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestine territories.
There are 354 items in Levant:
Azitawataya (Karatepe-Aslantaş)
Azitawataya: Neo-Hittite town in southern Turkey, now known as Karatepe ("the black hill") or Aslantaş ("the lion's stone").History Musicians (South Gate) In…Ba'al
Ba'al (Hebrew בעל, Ba'l, "lord"; Greek Βήλος): title of several Canaanite deities. Stele of the "smiting god" from Ugarit The word Ba'al…Baalbek photos
Baalbek or Heliopolis (Ἡλιούπολις, "sun city"): town in the northern Bekaa valley, site of the largest sanctuary in the Roman world. …
Baalbek, temple of Jupiter, Great Court, Deep sounding |
Baalbek, temple of Jupiter, Great Court, Deep sounding, Finds |
Baetyl
Baetyl (or Baitylos, Beth-El): a venerated stone, believed to be in some sense the "house of god". The baetyl of Elagabal…
The Bargylus Mountains, seen from the road from Antioch to Seleucia. |
Barouk, Cedar |
Barouk, Cedar |
Barouk, Cedar seed |
Barouk, Young cedar |
Beirut, Archaeological Museum of the American University
What is the best archaeological museum in the world? If size matters, it’s not unreasonable to mention the Louvre and the Archaeological Museum of Istanbul. For art historical impact, go to the Vatican. The quality of the information? Maybe the…