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title: Cedars of Lebanon, 1857 CE
author: Metropolitan Museum of Art
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11996/cedars-of-lebanon-1857-ce/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Cedars of Lebanon, 1857 CE

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## Image File

[![Cedars of Lebanon, 1857 CE](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11996.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11996.jpg)

## Image Caption

The first well-known pictures of the Cedar of Lebanon taken by the British photographer and orientalist Francis Frith (1822-1898 CE) in 1857 CE. The grove, known as the Cedars of [God](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/), is located in Bsharri, Lebanon and is considered holy. The evergreen trees rarely grow elsewhere, and the cedars of Lebanon were a subject of many tales in Canaanite, Phoenician and Mesopotamian mythologies. Due to its remarkable stature, the Cedar tree is also a national symbol, shown on the Lebanese flag.

## Bibliography

- [Cedrus libani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrus_libani "Cedrus libani"), accessed 24 Mar 2020.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Art, M. M. o. (2020, April 06). Cedars of Lebanon, 1857 CE. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11996/cedars-of-lebanon-1857-ce/>
### Chicago
Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Cedars of Lebanon, 1857 CE." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 06, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11996/cedars-of-lebanon-1857-ce/>.
### MLA
Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Cedars of Lebanon, 1857 CE." *World History Encyclopedia*, 06 Apr 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11996/cedars-of-lebanon-1857-ce/>.

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