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.
 Solon
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 Byblos, Statuettes of baboons
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 Sidon, Sarcophagus relief of Psyche
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 Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Statue of a baby
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 Beirut, Medal of St. Catharine
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 Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Throne of Astarte
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 Beirut, Theater mask
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 Byblos, Bull's head
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 A murex shell
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Box with the name of pharaoh Amunemhet I
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou), Pot
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 Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Obelisk of Abi Chemou
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 Sidon, Roman doll
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus of Achilles: killing of a Trojan Captive
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 Byblos, Statue of pharaoh Osorkon II
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 Byblos, Statuette of Hathor
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 Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Sword, grip
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 Baalbek, Gold mask
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 Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Temple of Eshmun, foundation inscription
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 Baalbek, Theater, Model
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral
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 Sidon, Phoenician statue
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 Pittacus
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 Niha, Roman altar, dedicated to a female deity (Fortuna), with two lions
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral (1)
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus of Achilles: Washing the Body of Patroclus
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou), Scimitar
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 Byblos, Statuette of a hippopotamus
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus of Achilles: lions
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 Sidon, Figurine of Aphrodite
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 Sidon, Base of a Persian column
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 Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Axe
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 Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Gold disk
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 Sidon, Bronze Age bottle
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus with a Fighting Scene
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 Byblos, Hellenistic colossus
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 Byblos, Royal Tombs, Pectoral
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 Suweydie, Mosaic of the Seven Sages, Summer and Mother Earth
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 Baalbek, Funerary wreath
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 Beirut, Mercury or Hermes
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 Niha, Large temple, Builders' model
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 Beirut, Statue of a Roman lady
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral
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 Kamed el-Loz, Incense burner
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 Chilon
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus of the Drunken Cupids, front
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 Byblos, Phoenician funerary inscription
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb V (Ahirom), Relief of a bull and griffin
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 Beirut, Hellenistic wall painting (First Pompeian Style)
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 Tyre, Statue of a female deity
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 Sidon, Sarcophagus relief of a boat
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 Beirut, Relief of an eagle and a wreath
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 Byblos, Relief with a hieroglyphic text
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb V (Ahirom), Relief of king Ahirom on his throne
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 Bias
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 Byblos, Royal Tomb V, Sarcophagus of Ahirom
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 Sidon-Dakerman, Middle Bronze jar
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 Tyre, Head of Dionysus
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 Thales
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 Tyre, Hellenistic throne of Astarte
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 Beirut, Envy Mosaic
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 Periander
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 Coin from Byblos: Heracles-Melqart with the features of Alexander the Great
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 Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Relief of a horseman
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 Byblos, Statuette of Bes
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 Beirut, Torso of a colossus
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 Cleobulus
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 Beirut, Inscription mentioning Queen Berenice and King Agrippa II
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 Byblos, Inlay with Egyptian lotus flowers
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 Beirut, Figurine of the Dioscuri
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 Tyre, Wall painting of a carrier
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 Byblos, mosaic with the abduction of Europa
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus of Achilles: the Corpse of Hector.
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 A big lump, containing some inhomogenuous pieces of ancient glass
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 Beirut, Tyche
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 Coin from Byblos: Phoenician ship
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 Socrates
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 Byblos, mosaic with Silenus
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 Tyre, Sarcophagus of the Drunken Cupids, back
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 Calliope
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 Byblos, Chalcolithic amulets
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 Byblos, Roman Nymphaeum, Statue of Hygeia
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 Sidon, Capital of a Persian column
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 Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Statuette of a deity
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 Suweydie, Mosaic of the Seven Sages
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 Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Tribune, Relief with Muses
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 Tyre, Stele of Ramesses II and Ra-Horakhty
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 Byblos, Chalcolithic burial
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 Sidon, Coin with a triere
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 Tyre, Phoenician statue
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 Sidon, Statue of a man
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 Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Sword
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 Tyre, Portrait of Septimius Severus
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 Beirut, Roman colonnade (originally near the Place d'Etoile)
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