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