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Arch of Hadrian, Tyre
The impressive 20m-high monumental archway at Tyre (modern-day Lebanon) constructed in the 2nd century CE during the time of Hadrian who visited the city in 130 or 131 CE.
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Temple of Baachus, Baalbek
The temple of Baachus at Baalbek (Modern Lebanon), ca. 150 CE.
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Votive Stele from Sidon
This is a marble votive stele depicting a standing male looking to the right. He holds objects in both hands and wears a head cap. Roman Period, 5th to 4th century BCE. From Sidon, in modern-day Lebanon. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul...
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Anjar
The 8th century CE ruins of Anjar, a city of the Umayyad civilization (modern day Lebanon). The palace of the Caliph - highest area of the whole site - the Roman arcade is clearly seen. The site reveals a long period of early occupation by...
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Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek
Detail of the cella of the Bacchus temple in Baalbek, Lebanon which dates to the end of the 2nd century CE.
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Passages under the Hippodrome of Tyre
The passages under the hippodrome of Tyre (Lebanon). The hipprodrome, built in the 2nd century CE, is considered the second-largest hippodrome in the ancient world.
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Phoenician Foundation Inscription from Sidon
The inscription reads (in Phoenician) "Bodastarte, the son of Eshmunazar, the king of Sidon, has ordered this temple to be built for the god Eshmun". Second half of the sixth century BCE. From the foundation wall of the Eshmun Temple at Sidon...
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Limestone Box with Foundation Tablets from Balawat
This box was placed in the temple of Mamu, God of Dreams. The box is original but the tablets are plaster casts of the originals; they describe the titles and achievements of Ashurnasirpal II (reigned 883-859 BCE). They narrate how he built...
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Phoenician Coffin from Sidon
This white marble anthropoid (human-shaped) coffin shows a male head wearing a Egyptian style headdress. Phoenician art was influenced by many different traditions. Coffins of this Gaeco-Egyptian style have been found in large numbers at...
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Temple of Venus, Baalbek
Temple of the goddess Venus in the Baalbek temple complex, Lebanon, early 3rd century CE.