Museum and Byblos

But I did not travel all the way to Lebanon for the nightlife, as impressive as it is. The next day I spent as an ordinary tourist, visiting the National Gallery (http://www.beirutnationalmuseum.com/e-histoire.htm) for its stunning collection of Phoenician bronze and ivory statues found at Byblos where I visited later that afternoon. Byblos is today considered the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world and the word “bible” comes from Byblos since the papyrus used for writing was imported from here into Greece.