One Saturday some friends and I traveled to about 45 minutes north of Beirut to Byblos, the oldest continually settled place on earth. Byblos is home to a castle, a Crusader's church, some ruins of Roman rule, and a market where they sell everything.
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| The Crusader's Castle |
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Outside of the castle, there are ruins from the Phonecian era.
The Phonecians invented the first alpahbet. |
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| The Market |
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| The Crusader's Church- It was decorated for a wedding this day. |
Although Byblos is the oldest city on earth, somehow modernity has a way of sneaking in. Many things in the market have cause me to scratch my head, including a Tupac backpack, a George Bush backpack, and an NRA poker set. How they got there I have no idea, but right now I'm wishing I would've gotten pictures.
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