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An illustration of a (lost?) relief of Sennacherib (705-681 BCE) which shows a scene of Assyrians attacking the Phoenician city 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.

The ruins of the Greek colony of Tyre 'Týros', and the sarcophagus of Antipater (c. 399-319 BCE), modern-day Lebanon.

The Al Mina excavation area of Tyre (Lebanon) showing the Palestra consisting of a 30 metre wide square area enclosed inside a granite colonnade.

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