An international research team conducting excavations in the city of Tyre has discovered a large Roman temple complex.
Tyre is a complicated archaeological site with uninterrupted settlement as far back as 2750-1700 BC. The city came under the supremacy of the Ancient Egyptians, the Phoenicians, was a tributary kingdom to the Neo-Assyrians and the Neo-Babylonians, was conquered by the Persians and Alexander the Great, before being absorbed into the province of Roman Syria in 64 BC.
Dr. Francisco J. Núñez from the Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Warsaw (CAŚ UW) said: “Overlapping architectural remains, traces of natural disasters, rising sea levels, and dynamic urban development in recent decades has made it very confusing to understand the character of ancient architecture at Tyre”
Although Lebanese excavations in Tyre began in the 1960s, most of their documentation was lost in the turmoil of the 1975 civil war. Moreover, much of this work focused on the classical and medieval levels. In the latest series of excavations, archaeologists from Lebanon, Spain, Poland, and Portugal are conducting a study to shed light on the nature, history, and evolution of urbanism on the ancient island of Tyre.
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Tyre is a complicated archaeological site with uninterrupted settlement as far back as 2750-1700 BC. The city came under the supremacy of the Ancient Egyptians, the Phoenicians, was a tributary kingdom to the Neo-Assyrians and the Neo-Babylonians, was conquered by the Persians and Alexander the Great, before being absorbed into the province of Roman Syria in 64 BC.
Dr. Francisco J. Núñez from the Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Warsaw (CAŚ UW) said: “Overlapping architectural remains, traces of natural disasters, rising sea levels, and dynamic urban development in recent decades has made it very confusing to understand the character of ancient architecture at Tyre”
Although Lebanese excavations in Tyre began in the 1960s, most of their documentation was lost in the turmoil of the 1975 civil war. Moreover, much of this work focused on the classical and medieval levels. In the latest series of excavations, archaeologists from Lebanon, Spain, Poland, and Portugal are conducting a study to shed light on the nature, history, and evolution of urbanism on the ancient island of Tyre.
Archaeologists excavate Roman temple complex in Tyre
An international research team conducting excavations in the city of Tyre has discovered a large Roman temple complex.
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