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