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:
Beirut, National Museum
The National Museum of Beirut is one of the most interesting museums I have ever visited. The first surprise is the building itself, which is in some kind of Egyptian style. Inside, it is essentially a very big hall with…
Sarcophagus from the Persian age |
Beirut, Tell, round tower |
Bekaa Valley
Bekaa: valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains. The Bekaa valley from the west The coastal road from Antioch to the south…
Bekaa Valley from Majdel Anjar |
The Bekaa valley from Qsarnaba |
The Bekaa valley from the west |
The southern Bekaa valley |
Berlin, Pergamon Museum
The Pergamonmuseum is probably Berlin’s most famous cultural institution. It contains three major collections which, each in itself, might have been fine museums: a classical department, a department of ancient Near Eastern art, and a department of Islamic art. What…Berytus (Beirut)
Berytus (Greek Βηρυτóς): town in Phoenicia, modern Beirut.Bronze and Iron Age Tyche, the "good fortune" of Beirut Beirut is a very ancient…Bes
Bes or Bisu: popular ancient deity, originally from Egypt. A relief of Bes from Karatepe The odd-looking gentleman on the picture to the…
Beth Shean, Canaanite stele with a lion and dog |