Tyre

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Tyre

Tyre (Latin Tyrus; Hebrew Zor), the most important city of ancient Phoenicia, located at the site of present-day Sūr in southern Lebanon. Herodotus, the Greek historian, records a tradition that traced the settlement of Tyre back to the 28th century BC. In the 7th century AD it came under the dominion of the Saracens. In the 12th century it was taken by the Crusaders, who kept it until 1291, when the town came under Muslim rule.

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Roman Cemetery

 

tombs

 

 

 

 

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Roman Arch

 

Roman Aqueduct

 

Columns along Roman main street

 

waters cisterns

 

Byzantine mosaics laid over the Roman mosaic floor

 

"For sale", things from out of the sea

 

Roman bath

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People of Lebanon Anjar Baalbek Beirut Beiteddin Palace Bekaa Valley Byblos Byzantine Mosaics Echmoun Temple Kadisha Valley Sidon Tripoli Tyre

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