Our first trip in Lebanon was to Byblos, billed
as the
"oldest city in the world in continuous existence." Located about 45
minutes
north of Beirut, the city has witnessed every group to inhabit this
region:
stone age dwellers, the Phoenicians, Amorites, Hittites, Egyptians,
Persians,
Macedonians, Greeks, Romans, Ottoman Turks, and, most recently, the
French.
The name itself is a variant of papyrus and Byblos was a great
information
center. It is from this name for written documents that the Bible gets
its name. It is located on one of the few natural harbors on the
eastern
coast of the Mediterranean. We have replaced
the soon-to-be-defunct Google
Expeditions version of the tour
with a new one that is much more detailed. Take the tour below to learn
more about this ancient port at the crossroads of history.
There
is also a version of this tour
designed specifically
for VR headsets such as Google Cardboard, and it works with both iPhone
and Android devices. It may be accessed by scanning on the QR code to
the
left. If you are viewing this on a mobile phone, you may access the VR
tour by following 