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.
Enkomi, Figurine of the "Smiting god"
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Tell Fekheriye, Statue of king Hadad-yisi
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Enkomi, Building 18, Statuette of a Seated deity
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Megddo, Badly damaged Proto-Aeolic capital
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, General view
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Megiddo, Tunnel
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The Euphrates at Zenobia
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Ugarit, Stele with the king of Ugarit in front of the god El
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Map of the first circumnavigation of Africa
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Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral
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Wadi Migdal, Relief of two mourners
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Byblos, Royal Tomb V (Ahirom), Relief of king Ahirom on his throne
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The Orontes at Antioch
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Bekaa Valley from Majdel Anjar
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ZIncirli, Palace, Orthostats
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Axe
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Beth Shean, Hill
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Tell Brak, Cuneiform letter
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Moabite warrior god
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Byblos, Phoenician funerary inscription
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Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of Esarhaddon
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Nahr al-Kalb
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The Jabbok
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Samaria ivories
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Amarna, Letter from King Abdi-Hepa of Jerusalem
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Byblos, Chalcolithic burial
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Hatra, Eleventh temple, Aramaic Inscription
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Sarcophagus from the Persian age
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The upper reachtes of the Litani River in Zahle
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The Orontes and Tell Kadesh
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Karatepe, North Gate relief, Winged demon (copy)
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Megiddo, Late Bronze gate
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Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of an unidentified Assyrian king
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Entrance
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Byblos, Great Residence, Sanctuary
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Karatepe, North Gate relief, Bes
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Rujm al-Malfouf, Storerooms
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Ain Dara, Lion
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Syrians
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Karchemish, Neo-Hittite relief of a hero (Gilgameš?) with animals
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Jericho, Skull from Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
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Kurkh, Stela of Šalmaneser III
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Syrians
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Baalbek, temple of Jupiter, Great Court, Deep sounding
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The so-called "Tomb of Hiram"
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Ain Dara, Tell
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Biblical genealogy
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The Orontes north of Kadesh
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Gypsum
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The ancient Near East
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Statuette of a deity
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Asian POW
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Tell Ahmar, Procession of servants
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Ain Dara, Decoration of the stairs
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Tyre, Phoenician wall
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Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Syrians
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Ain Dara, Orthostat of a sphinx
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Byblos, Persian terrace, Lion
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Phoenician ivory of Astarte
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Salamis, Royal Tombs, Ivory
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Carthage, Ivory sphinx, made in Phoenicia
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Oil shale
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Ugarit, Statuette of a seated god
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Byblos, Great Residence, Wall
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Today, the Yarmouk is the border between Jordan in the south (R) and Syria and Israel in the north, This photo was taken from the Golan Heights.
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Byblos, Figurine of horseman
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 1, Egyptian-style sarcophagus
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Tell Sheikh Hamad, Solar disk
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Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of an unidentified Assyrian king
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Kamed el-Loz, Incense burner
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Bsharre, Phoenician tomb
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Byblos, Royal Tombs, Sarcophagus
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Ugarit, Temple of Baal, Stele with the king of Ugarit in front of the god Baal Saphon
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Iron ore
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Rujm al-Malfouf: the tower itself
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Map of the ancient Near East
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Zincirli, Egyptian ivory
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The Silk Road
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Samaria
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Issus (Kinet Höyük), Ancient comb
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Potash
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Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of Ramesses II
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Zincirli, Northern hall, orthostat of king Barrakib receiving a scribe
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Rujm al-Malfouf, storerooms and tower
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Ain Dara, Temple from the south
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Karchemish, Neo-Hittite relief of a mythological creature
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Baalbek, temple of Jupiter, Great Court, Deep sounding, Finds
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Enkomi, Building 18, Statuette of a Seated deity
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Byblos, Temple of Baalat
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Byblos, Relief of a lion
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Map of the main excavations near Tyre
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Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Egyptianizing head
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Byblos, L-shaped temple, Artisans' quarter
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Melitene, Statue of Mutalluh
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Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: tribute of king Jehu of Israel
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Ugarit, Copper and steel axe
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Beth Shean, Canaanite stele with a lion and dog
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Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of Ramesses II
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Beth Shean, House of the Egyptian governor, Doorpost tablet with the cartouches of Sety I
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Byblos, Neolithic site
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Zincirli, Excavations
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Byblos, Chalcolithic amulets
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Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Syrians
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Karchemish, Neo-Hittite mythological relief
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Map of Mitanni and the ancient Near East
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One of the Megiddo ivories
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Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral (1)
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Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou), Scimitar
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Phoenician rhython in Assyrian style
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Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Throne of Astarte
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Byblos, Phoenician tower
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Zincirli, Column base: a double sphinx
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Ain Dara, Orthostats of a sphinx and a lion
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Nahr al-Kalb, Reliefs of Ramesses II (left) and Esarhaddon
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The snow-clad Lebanon
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Byblos, Royal Tombs, Sarcophagus
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Zincirli, Inner gate, lions
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Orontes, Source
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Barouk, Cedar
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Samaria, Achaemenid coin with iconographic parallels from Persepolis
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Byblos, Royal Tomb V, Sarcophagus of Ahirom
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Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Phoenician ship
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Byblos, Inlay with Egyptian lotus flowers
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Dibon, Mesha Stela
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Tell Siran, Bottle with inscription of king Amminadab II
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Byblos, Temple of Baalat
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Barouk, Cedar seed
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Ugarit, Stone face
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Amman, Egyptianizing relief
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Map of Israel, Judah, and other Iron Age Kingdoms
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Byblos, Statuettes of baboons
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Zincirli, Stela of Esarhaddon
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Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Box with the name of pharaoh Amunemhet I
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Tyre, City, The submerged southern part of the city
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Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral
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Map of Alexander's Mesopotamian Campaigns
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Ugarit, Royal Palace, General view
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Tell Sheikh Hamad, Pazuzu
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Amman, Iron Age II figurine
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Byblos, Southern Port
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The Bekaa valley from Qsarnaba
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Qasr Banat, Farm, entrance
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Byblos, Statuette of a hippopotamus
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Karatepe, South Gate relief, Musicians (copy)
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Nahr al-Kalb, Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar
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Entrance to the Royal Palace of Ugarit
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Map of Alexander's Levantine Campaign
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Amman, Citadel, Statue of an Ammonite King
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Ain Dara, Entrance, Feet
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Ugarit, Tomb of Rafanu
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Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Babylonian terrace
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Ugarit, Alphabet tablet
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Phoenician figurines of deities
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Ugarit, Bronze falcon in Egyptianizing style
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Zincirli-Gerdshin, Statue of Hadad
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Gold disk
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Ain Dara, Orthostats of two lions an a sphinx
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Deir 'Alla Inscription
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Beth Shean, Dedication to Mekal
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Karatepe, North Gate relief, Fight against a lion (copy)
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Amman, Egyptianizing relief
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Phoenician coin with warship
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Byblos, Pre-urban settlement
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Byblos, Bull's head
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Byblos, Great Residence, General view
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Sidon, Bronze Age bottle
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Byblos, L-shaped temple, Well
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Dura Europos, Temple of Adonis
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Byblos, Temple of Baalat, Figurines
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Amman, Citadel Inscription
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Megiddo, Bronze Age sanctuary, model
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The road to Damascus through the Antilebanon
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Kir, Relief of the god Balu
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The desert north of Awjila
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Megiddo, Bronze Age sanctuary
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Byblos, L-shaped temple, Wall
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Nahr al-Kalb, relief of an unidentified Assyrian king
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Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Temple of Eshmun, foundation inscription
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Natural bridge near Kfardebian
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Byblos, Statue of pharaoh Osorkon II
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Copper ore
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Amman, Raghadan Palace, Coffins
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Amman, Statue of King Yerah Azar
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Bsharre, Phoenician tomb, inside
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Ain Dara, Temple wall
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The Antakya Stela
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Phosphate
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Manganese ore
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Ugarit, Cretan vase
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Rujm al-Malfouf, Storerooms
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Barouk, Cedar
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Zincirli, Figurine of a warrior
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Beth Shean, House of the Egyptian governor
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Phoenician-Etruscan dish
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Hazor, Head of a pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty
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Byblos, Temple of Baalat, Figurine of a bull
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Byblos, Persian terrace, Wall
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Coin from Byblos: Phoenician ship
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Byblos, Royal Tombs, Pectoral
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A murex shell
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Byblos, Royal Tomb V (Ahirom), Relief of a bull and griffin
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The southern Bekaa valley
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Megiddo, Iron Age grain storage
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Barouk, Young cedar
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Ugarit, Stele of the "smiting god"
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Karchemish, Neo-Hittite relief of a fight against a lion
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Obelisk of Abi Chemou
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Amman, Egyptianizing relief
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Byblos, Statuette of Bes
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A cedar in the Qadisha valley
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Tell Ahmar, Two Assyrian courtiers
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Sidon-Dakerman, Middle Bronze jar
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Sword
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The Bargylus Mountains, seen from the road from Antioch to Seleucia.
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Byblos, Statuette of Hathor
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The Orontes plain from the road to Jablah
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Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou), Pot
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Sidon, Persian port, pier
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Glass sand
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Sword, grip
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Mount Saphon, north of Ugarit.
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Zincirli, Excavations
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Map of the siege of Tyre
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Beirut, Tell, round tower
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Karchemish, Neo-Hittite relief of two winged demons
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Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of an unidentified Assyrian king
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Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou)
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The Bekaa valley from the west
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Ain Dara, Temple from the southeast
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Byblos, Archaic wall, buttressed wall, Hyksos glacis
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Byblos, Great Residence, Sanctuary, Anchors
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Enkomi, Statuette of a bull
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Nimrud, Figurine of a Nubian tribute bearer
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Byblos, L-shaped temple
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Rock tombs in Amioun
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Byblos, Relief with a hieroglyphic text
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Tyre, Stele of Ramesses II and Ra-Horakhty
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Karatepe, North Gate relief, Sphinx (copy)
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