In the gallery on the first floor, you will find all kinds of statuettes, weapons, and idols from Byblos; lots of jewelry; coins; a very fine Dionysus from Tyre; Byzantine carvings and some finds from the Islamic age. The last display contains some objects that were damaged during the Civil War. After all, the museum is built on what was once known as the Green Line: the frontier that divided Beirut. A badly damaged house, just northwest of the museum, is a reminder of the horrors.
It is quite a distance from the center of Beirut, so you need a taxi to go there. You need several hours to see all, and there is a nice bookshop. Across the street is a small restaurant, where we had some pizza and ayran.
This museum was visited in 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019.
Tyre, Portrait of Septimius Severus
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Beirut, Figurine of the Dioscuri
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Sidon, Phoenician statue
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Suweydie, Mosaic of the Seven Sages, Summer and Mother Earth
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Beirut, Envy Mosaic
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Niha, Large temple, Builders' model
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Byblos, Statue of pharaoh Osorkon II
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Beirut, Mercury or Hermes
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Sidon, Bronze Age bottle
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Beirut, Tyche
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Byblos, Royal Tombs, Pectoral
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Suweydie, Mosaic of the Seven Sages
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Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral (1)
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Axe
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Beirut, Torso of a colossus
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Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral
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Byblos, Hellenistic colossus
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Tyre, Wall painting of a carrier
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Beirut, Inscription mentioning Queen Berenice and King Agrippa II
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Baalbek, Funerary wreath
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Bias
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Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou), Scimitar
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Obelisk of Abi Chemou
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Tyre, Sarcophagus of the Drunken Cupids, back
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Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Relief of a horseman
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Byblos, mosaic with Silenus
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Byblos, mosaic with the abduction of Europa
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Tyre, Sarcophagus with a Fighting Scene
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Beirut, Theater mask
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Byblos, Royal Tomb V (Ahirom), Relief of king Ahirom on his throne
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Kamed el-Loz, Incense burner
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Baalbek, Gold mask
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Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou), Pot
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Beirut, Statue of a Roman lady
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Tyre, Hellenistic throne of Astarte
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Beirut, Hellenistic wall painting (First Pompeian Style)
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Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Tribune, Relief with Muses
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Tyre, Phoenician statue
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Byblos, Statuette of a hippopotamus
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Beirut, Medal of St. Catharine
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Statuette of a deity
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Coin from Byblos: Heracles-Melqart with the features of Alexander the Great
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Byblos, Phoenician funerary inscription
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Tyre, Sarcophagus of Achilles: the Corpse of Hector.
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Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Statue of a baby
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Sidon, Sarcophagus relief of a boat
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Coin from Byblos: Phoenician ship
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Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral
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Socrates
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Gold disk
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Beirut, Relief of an eagle and a wreath
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Tyre, Statue of a female deity
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Tyre, Stele of Ramesses II and Ra-Horakhty
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Periander
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Sidon, Figurine of Aphrodite
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Niha, Roman altar, dedicated to a female deity (Fortuna), with two lions
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Cleobulus
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Byblos, Statuette of Bes
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Byblos, Statuette of Hathor
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A murex shell
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Sidon, Capital of a Persian column
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Byblos, Royal Tomb V, Sarcophagus of Ahirom
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Sword
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Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Throne of Astarte
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Thales
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Tyre, Sarcophagus of Achilles: killing of a Trojan Captive
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Pittacus
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Tyre, Sarcophagus of the Drunken Cupids, front
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Tyre, Head of Dionysus
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Byblos, Chalcolithic amulets
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Calliope
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Tyre, Sarcophagus of Achilles: Washing the Body of Patroclus
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Byblos, Inlay with Egyptian lotus flowers
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A big lump, containing some inhomogenuous pieces of ancient glass
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Beirut, Roman colonnade (originally near the Place d'Etoile)
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Baalbek, Theater, Model
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Byblos, Chalcolithic burial
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Byblos, Relief with a hieroglyphic text
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Sidon, Coin with a triere
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Byblos, Statuettes of baboons
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Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Box with the name of pharaoh Amunemhet I
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Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Temple of Eshmun, foundation inscription
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Sidon, Statue of a man
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Byblos, Bull's head
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Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Sword, grip
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Byblos, Royal Tomb V (Ahirom), Relief of a bull and griffin
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Sidon, Base of a Persian column
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Solon
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Sidon-Dakerman, Middle Bronze jar
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Tyre, Sarcophagus of Achilles: lions
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Chilon
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Sidon, Sarcophagus relief of Psyche
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Byblos, Roman Nymphaeum, Statue of Hygeia
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Sidon, Roman doll
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