Byblos

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World Heritage Site ancient city archaeological site port city

Byblos is an ancient Phoenician port city in modern-day Lebanon, considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and a major center of early writing and trade.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Byblos canonical 45
Byblos District 4
Byblos archaeological site 4

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
port city ⓘ
ancientName Gebal ⓘ
Gebal ⓘ
surface form: Gubla
associatedWith development of the Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
export of cedar wood ⓘ
papyrus trade to the Aegean ⓘ
trade with ancient Egypt ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
culture Canaanite ⓘ
Phoenician ⓘ
currentReligionMajority Christianity ⓘ
currentReligionMinority Islam ⓘ
describedAs one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world ⓘ
distanceFromBeirut about 40 kilometers north ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo Greek word for papyrus ⓘ
hasPort Byblos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Byblos harbor
hasStructure Byblos Castle ⓘ
Royal necropolis of Byblos ⓘ
Temple of Baalat Gebal ⓘ
Temple of the Obelisks ⓘ
ancient harbor ⓘ
medieval city wall ⓘ
historicalLanguage Canaanite languages ⓘ
Phoenician language ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician
inception 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
knownFor Crusader castle ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician script

ancient temples ⓘ
archaeological remains ⓘ
early alphabetic writing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
medieval city walls ⓘ
papyrus trade ⓘ
timber trade ⓘ
languageNow Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Middle East ⓘ
Mount Lebanon Governorate ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicia
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
majorDeityWorshipped Adonis ⓘ
Astarte ⓘ
surface form: Baalat Gebal
modernName Jbeil ⓘ
nameInArabic Jubayl ⓘ
nameInGreek Byblos self-link ⓘ
nameInPhoenician Gbl ⓘ
nearbyCity Beirut ⓘ
partOf Byblos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Byblos District
religionHistorical polytheism ⓘ
ruledBy Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian Empire

Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Empire

Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Crusader states ⓘ
Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian New Kingdom

Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Achaemenid Empire

Roman Empire ⓘ
timeDepth Bronze Age ⓘ
Chalcolithic period ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
Neolithic Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Neolithic period
tourismType archaeological tourism ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1984 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phoenician alphabet → notableInscriptionSites → Byblos ⓘ
Phoenician civilization → hasCity → Byblos ⓘ
Phoenician civilization → culturalCenter → Byblos ⓘ
Lebanon → majorCity → Byblos ⓘ
Canaan → majorCity → Byblos ⓘ
No Line on the Horizon → hasTrack → Byblos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cedars of Lebanon
National Museum of Beirut → notableCollection → Byblos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblos royal necropolis finds
Lebanese American University → hasCampusIn → Byblos ⓘ
Byblos → partOf → Byblos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblos District
Byblos → nameInGreek → Byblos self-link ⓘ
Byblos → hasPort → Byblos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblos harbor
Phoenician religion → practicedIn → Byblos ⓘ
Phoenician religion → hasCenter → Byblos ⓘ
Baal → cultCenter → Byblos ⓘ
Sahure → tradeWith → Byblos ⓘ
Sahure → launchedExpeditionTo → Byblos ⓘ
Mount Lebanon → majorCity → Byblos ⓘ
Orange (France) → twinTown → Byblos ⓘ
Pepi I Meryre → foreignRelations → Byblos ⓘ
Pepi I Meryre → conductedTradeWith → Byblos ⓘ
Astarte → worshippedIn → Byblos ⓘ
Canaanites → notableCity → Byblos ⓘ
El → worshipCenter → Byblos ⓘ
LAU → locatedIn → Byblos ⓘ
subject surface form: Lebanese American University
LAU → city → Byblos ⓘ
subject surface form: Lebanese American University
School of Arts and Sciences → locatedIn → Byblos ⓘ
subject surface form: School of Arts and Sciences (Lebanese American University)
Gbl → hasNameInGreek → Byblos ⓘ
Gbl → locatedInDistrict → Byblos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblos District
Gbl → hasArchaeologicalSite → Byblos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblos city walls
Gbl → hasModernName → Byblos ⓘ
Temple of the Obelisks → locatedIn → Byblos ⓘ
Temple of the Obelisks → partOf → Byblos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblos archaeological site
Temple of Baalat Gebal → locatedIn → Byblos ⓘ
Temple of Baalat Gebal → locatedInAncientCity → Byblos ⓘ
Temple of Baalat Gebal → associatedWith → Byblos ⓘ
Temple of Baalat Gebal → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Byblos ⓘ
Temple of Baalat Gebal → nearbyStructure → Byblos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblos city walls
Royal necropolis of Byblos → locatedIn → Byblos ⓘ
Royal necropolis of Byblos → partOf → Byblos ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient city of Byblos
Royal necropolis of Byblos → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Byblos ⓘ
Gebal → hasModernName → Byblos ⓘ
Gebal → hasGreekName → Byblos ⓘ
Byblos Castle → locatedIn → Byblos ⓘ
Byblos Castle → heritageSiteOf → Byblos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblos archaeological site
Byblos Castle → partOf → Byblos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblos archaeological complex
Byblos Castle → UNESCOWorldHeritageContext → Byblos ⓘ
Byblos Castle → hasViewOf → Byblos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblos harbor
Jbeil → locatedIn → Byblos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblos District
Jbeil → alternativeName → Byblos ⓘ
Jbeil → touristAttraction → Byblos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblos archaeological site