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Site 12: Sfireh, Lebanon.
Sfireh is located in the North of Lebanon. We have the same thing as the other sites: the megalithic blocks are on the lower levels and a Roman temple was rebuilt on top, re-using the fallen blocks.
Notice the same building technique used in the other sites. Same visual tricks as well.
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Some blocks are held together using bronze (metal) clamps or staples. It’s the same construction technique used in Tiwanaku (page 482). We have this in some of the other sites as well.
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Site 13: Umm el Amed, Lebanon.
Umm el Amed in located in South Lebanon and it was first discovered during the 18th century by Europeans. It was excavated in 1861 by Ernest Renan, published in “Mission de Phénicie”. Renan stopped at the Hellenistic layer. Dunand came later and excavated the site as well from 1943 to 1945. There are indications (like Phoenician inscriptions found on the site) that Umm el Amed was originally a Phoenician site which was re-used by the Hellenistic first, then by the Romans. Artifacts were found there which are now on display at the Louvre and at the Museum of Beirut. I’m attaching with this page the picture (as a sample of the artifacts found) of a Phoenician Sundial found on location, with an inscription on it; now on display at the Museum of Beirut.
Here again, the lower blocks are the biggest and the oldest. But we think a lot of the stones were re-used during the Hellenistic and Roman times. The site is very worn out and damaged site.
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