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“Roman Period

When Sidon fell under Roman domination, it continued to mint its own silver coins. The Romans also built a theater and other major monuments in the city. In the reign of Elagabalus, a Roman colony was established there. During the Byzantine period, when the great earthquake of AD 551 destroyed most of the cities of Phoenice, Beirut's School of Law took refuge in Sidon. The town continued quietly for the next century, until it was conquered by the Arabs in AD 636.

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Archaeology

Sidon I is an archaeological site located to the east of the city, south of the road to Jezzine. An assemblage of flint tools was found by P. E. Gigues suggested to date between 3800 and 3200 BC. The collection included narrow axes or chisels that were polished on one side and flaked on the other, similar to ones found at Ain Cheikh, Nahr Zahrani and Gelal en Namous. The collection appears to have gone missing from the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut.”

>> I can assure you we don’t live in Harry Potter world of magic = nothing goes missing on its own = it was stolen.

“Sidon II is said to be "near the church" at approximately fifty meters above sea level. P. E. Gigues suggested that the industry found on the surface of this site dated to the Acheulean.

Sidon III was found by E. Passemard in the 1920s, who made a collection of material that is now in the National Museum of Beirut marked "Camp de l'Aviation". It includes large flint and chert bifacials that may be of Heavy Neolithic origin.

Sidon IV is the tell mound of ancient Sidon with Early Bronze Age (3200 BC –) deposits, now located underneath the ruined Saint Louis Castle and what are also thought to be the ruins of a Roman theater.

The area around Sidon contains a number of important necropoli (below in order of age, and noting their principal excavators):

• Dakerman (Roger Saidah, 1968–1969)

• Tambourit (Saidah, 1977)

• Magharet Abloun (Aimé Péretié, 1855; Ernest Renan, 1864; Georges Contenau, 1920)

• Ayaa (William King Eddy, 1887; Osman Hamdi Bey, 1892; Contenau, 1920)

• Ain al-Hilweh (Charles Cutler Torrey, 1919–1920)

• El-Merah (Contenau, 1920)

• Qrayé (Contenau, 1920)

• Almoun, (Conenau, 1924)

• El-Harah (Theodore Makridi, 1904; Contenau, 1924)

• Magharet Abloun, Greco-Roman part (Renan, 1864; Contenau, 1914–1924)

• Helalié/Baramié/Mar Elias (William John Bankes, 1816; Renan 1864; Contenau, 1914; M. Meurdrac & L. Albanèse, 1938–1939)”

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>>15266615

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“In indication of the high-profile of the old city of Sidon in archaeological expeditions, and mainly in the 19th century, in October 1860 the famous French scholar Ernest Renan was entrusted with an archaeological mission to Lebanon, which included the search for the antique parts of Sidon. The Phoenician inscriptions that he discovered, and his field data, were eventually published in his notebook the: Mission de Phénicie (1864–1874; Phoenician Expedition).”

>> Everything taken should be returned to the rightful owner.

“The St. Louis land-castle grounds were excavated in 1914–1920 by a French team. Then eastwards a new site was also excavated by another generation of French expeditions in the 1960s. This same site received renewed attention in 1998 when the Directorate General of Antiquities in Lebanon authorized the British Museum to begin excavations on this area of land that was specifically demarcated for archaeological research. This has resulted in published papers, with a special focus on studying ceramics.”

>> Anyone notice how the FRENCH and then the B.M. were interested in a Crusaders castle called St. LOUIS?

“The archaeological fieldwork was not fully undertaken since the independence of the Lebanon. The main finds are displayed in the National Museum in Beirut. The fieldwork was also interrupted during the long civil war period, and it is now resumed but at a timid and slow scale, and not involving major international expeditions or expertise. Perhaps this is also indicative of the general lack in cultural interests among the authorities of this city, and almost of the non-existence of notable intellectual activities in its modern life. There are signs that the locals are beginning to recognize the value of the medieval quarters, but this remains linked to minor individual initiatives and not a coordinated collective effort to rehabilitate it like it has been the case with Byblos, even though the old district of Sidon contains a great wealth in old and ancient architecture.

Biblical Sidon

Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

The Hebrew Bible describes Sidon (צִידוֹן‎) in several passages:

• It received its name from the "first-born" of Canaan, the grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:15, 19).

• The Tribe of Zebulun has a frontier on Sidon (Gen. 49:13)

• It was the first home of the Phoenicians on the coast of Canaan, and from its extensive commercial relations became a "great" city (Joshua 11:8; 19:28).

• It was the mother city of Tyre. It lay within the lot of the tribe of Asher, but was never subdued (Judges 1:31).

• The Sidonians long oppressed Israel (Judges 10:12).

• From the time of David its glory began to wane, and Tyre, its "virgin daughter" (Isaiah 23:12), rose to its place of pre-eminence.

• Solomon entered into a matrimonial alliance with the Sidonians, and thus their form of idolatrous worship found a place in the land of Israel (1 Kings 11:1, 33).

• Jezebel was a Sidonian princess (1 Kings 16:31).

• It was famous for its manufactures and arts, as well as for its commerce (1 Kings 5:6; 1 Chronicles 22:4; Ezekiel 27:8).

• It is frequently referred to by the prophets (Isaiah 23:2, 4, 12; [2]Jeremiah 25:22; 27:3; 47:4; Ezekiel 27:8; 28:21, 22; 32:30; Joel 3:4).

• Elijah sojourned in Sidon, performing miracles (1 Kings 17:9–24; see also in the New Testament, Luke 4:26).”

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>>15266619

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>> In order for a “miracle” to happen, there is a condition to be fulfilled by the one performing the miracle and the one receiving it = you must have the disposition to have the Light in you. As in your Spirit is strong enough for the Light to do its work on it and heal the body through your Spirit. For Elijah to perform miracles it means, he must have enough Spiritual power to be able to channel the Light through him towards the person whom needs healing. And that person should be well disposed in order to receive that Light channeled through the Prophet. We all have the Spirit in us, but at different percentages; but some turned it off, while with others, there are still sparks in there. The Holy men, as TRUE prophets and saints, are a Bridge between us and the Holy Spirit = they fill the role of the Fish men, just like the apostles chosen by Christ did.

“New Testament

• Jesus visited the region or "coasts" (King James Version) of Tyre and Sidon (Matthew 15:21; Mark 7:24) and from this region many came forth to hear him preaching (Mark 3:8; Luke 6:17), leading to the stark contrast in Matthew 11:21–23 to Korazin and Bethsaida. See the exorcism of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter, which takes place on the coast, in the region of Sidon and Tyre.

• From Sidon, at which his ship put in after leaving Caesarea, Paul finally sailed for Rome (Acts 27:3, 4).

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>> So there is “contrast” between what the Apostles wrote about Christ’s “visit” to Sidon and Tyre. And this is according to whom exactly? I mean; is it possible that some parts were omitted on purpose to hide what truly happened during the visit of Christ to Sidon and Tyre? If Christ performed miracles and preached in Sidon and Tyre, then the locals are rather familiar with Spiritual Healing and the stories which come along with it since they had the temple of Eshmun. I bet it’s true people flocked to hear Christ talk because they were mostly curious to see whom was this person whom could heal humans like Eshmun did.

I keep on wondering why = the reason, Christ went to preach in those Phoenician City-States. Did he know something about them we don’t?

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