Levant

Enkomi, Building 18, Statuette of a Seated deity

Karchemish, Neo-Hittite relief of a hero (Gilgameš?) with animals

Byblos, Statuette of a hippopotamus

Tell Fekheriye, Statue of king Hadad-yisi

Zincirli, Egyptian ivory

A murex shell

Deir 'Alla Inscription

Carthage, Ivory sphinx, made in Phoenicia

The ancient Near East

Zincirli, Column base: a double sphinx

Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Box with the name of pharaoh Amunemhet I

Nahr al-Kalb, relief of an unidentified Assyrian king

Byblos, L-shaped temple, Artisans' quarter

Map of Alexander's Levantine Campaign

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Gold disk

Megiddo, Late Bronze gate

Byblos, Persian terrace, Lion

Ain Dara, Orthostat of a sphinx

Byblos, Pre-urban settlement

Megiddo, Tunnel

Karatepe, South Gate relief, Musicians (copy)

Today, the Yarmouk is the border between Jordan in the south (R) and Syria and Israel in the north, This photo was taken from the Golan Heights.

Byblos, Bull's head

Byblos, Figurine of horseman

Beth Shean, House of the Egyptian governor, Doorpost tablet with the cartouches of Sety I

Amman, Citadel Inscription

Phoenician coin with warship

Byblos, Phoenician tower

Phoenician ivory of Astarte

A cedar in the Qadisha valley

Beirut, Tell, round tower

The road to Damascus through the Antilebanon

Tell Ahmar, Two Assyrian courtiers

Map of Israel, Judah, and other Iron Age Kingdoms

Byblos, Relief of a lion

Issus (Kinet Höyük), Ancient comb

Beth Shean, House of the Egyptian governor

Dibon, Mesha Stela

Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou)

Map of Alexander's Mesopotamian Campaigns

Enkomi, Building 18, Statuette of a Seated deity

Byblos, Temple of Baalat, Figurines

Phosphate

Baalbek, temple of Jupiter, Great Court, Deep sounding

Samaria

The Bargylus Mountains, seen from the road from Antioch to Seleucia.

Karchemish, Neo-Hittite mythological relief

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Temple of Eshmun, foundation inscription

Sidon-Dakerman, Middle Bronze jar

Byblos, Royal Tombs, Sarcophagus

Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of Ramesses II

Copper ore

Melitene, Statue of Mutalluh

Ugarit, Alphabet tablet

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Syrians

Byblos, Archaic wall, buttressed wall, Hyksos glacis

Ain Dara, Decoration of the stairs

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Syrians

Byblos, Royal Tomb V (Ahirom), Relief of king Ahirom on his throne

Tell Sheikh Hamad, Solar disk

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Statuette of a deity

Amman, Iron Age II figurine

Amman, Egyptianizing relief

Sidon, Bronze Age bottle

Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral

Tell Ahmar, Procession of servants

Ain Dara, Temple from the southeast

Barouk, Cedar seed

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Egyptianizing head

Baalbek, temple of Jupiter, Great Court, Deep sounding, Finds

Glass sand

Amman, Citadel, Statue of an Ammonite King

Zincirli, Northern hall, orthostat of king Barrakib receiving a scribe

Byblos, Neolithic site

Salamis, Royal Tombs, Ivory

Byblos, L-shaped temple, Well

The Jabbok

Tell Sheikh Hamad, Pazuzu

Amman, Statue of King Yerah Azar

Karchemish, Neo-Hittite relief of a fight against a lion

Rujm al-Malfouf, Storerooms

Qasr Banat, Farm, entrance

Byblos, Statuette of Bes

The Euphrates at Zenobia

Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou), Pot

Byblos, Royal Tomb V, Sarcophagus of Ahirom

Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of an unidentified Assyrian king

Tyre, City, The submerged southern part of the city

Ugarit, Stele of the "smiting god"

Karatepe, North Gate relief, Fight against a lion (copy)

Sarcophagus from the Persian age

Ugarit, Bronze falcon in Egyptianizing style

Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 1, Egyptian-style sarcophagus

Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou), Scimitar

ZIncirli, Palace, Orthostats

The Orontes and Tell Kadesh

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Obelisk of Abi Chemou

Byblos, Royal Tomb V (Ahirom), Relief of a bull and griffin

Barouk, Cedar

Map of the first circumnavigation of Africa

Ugarit, Temple of Baal, Stele with the king of Ugarit in front of the god Baal Saphon

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Babylonian terrace

Zincirli-Gerdshin, Statue of Hadad

Byblos, Temple of Baalat

Byblos, Great Residence, Wall

Wadi Migdal, Relief of two mourners

Zincirli, Figurine of a warrior

Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Phoenician ship

Megiddo, Iron Age grain storage

The Orontes plain from the road to Jablah

Byblos, Statue of pharaoh Osorkon II

Kir, Relief of the god Balu

Byblos, Chalcolithic amulets

Byblos, Southern Port

The Antakya Stela

Amman, Raghadan Palace, Coffins

Oil shale

Ain Dara, Lion

Byblos, Temple of Baalat

Beth Shean, Dedication to Mekal

Byblos, Great Residence, Sanctuary, Anchors

Tyre, Stele of Ramesses II and Ra-Horakhty

Enkomi, Statuette of a bull

Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of Esarhaddon

Beth Shean, Hill

Samaria ivories

The snow-clad Lebanon

Karchemish, Neo-Hittite relief of two winged demons

Karatepe, North Gate relief, Sphinx (copy)

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Axe

Nimrud, Figurine of a Nubian tribute bearer

Ain Dara, Orthostats of two lions an a sphinx

Bsharre, Phoenician tomb

Phoenician rhython in Assyrian style

Ugarit, Stone face

Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of Ramesses II

Rujm al-Malfouf: the tower itself

Map of the main excavations near Tyre

Zincirli, Stela of Esarhaddon

Byblos, Inlay with Egyptian lotus flowers

Ugarit, Royal Palace, General view

Phoenician figurines of deities

The Silk Road

Asian POW

The so-called "Tomb of Hiram"

Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of an unidentified Assyrian king

Hazor, Head of a pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty

Tyre, Phoenician wall

Rujm al-Malfouf, storerooms and tower

Zincirli, Inner gate, lions

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Syrians

Nahr al-Kalb, Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar

Bekaa Valley from Majdel Anjar

Tell Siran, Bottle with inscription of king Amminadab II

The southern Bekaa valley

Kamed el-Loz, Incense burner

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Entrance

Orontes, Source

Kurkh, Stela of Šalmaneser III

Megiddo, Bronze Age sanctuary, model

Bsharre, Phoenician tomb, inside

Nahr al-Kalb, Reliefs of Ramesses II (left) and Esarhaddon

Ain Dara, Temple wall

Potash

Barouk, Young cedar

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, General view

One of the Megiddo ivories

Ain Dara, Tell

The Orontes at Antioch

Byblos, Chalcolithic burial

Nimrud, Black obelisk of Šalmaneser III: tribute of king Jehu of Israel

Megddo, Badly damaged Proto-Aeolic capital

Amman, Egyptianizing relief

Byblos, Phoenician funerary inscription

Beth Shean, Canaanite stele with a lion and dog

Coin from Byblos: Phoenician ship

The desert north of Awjila

Amman, Egyptianizing relief

Byblos, Statuette of Hathor

Ugarit, Statuette of a seated god

Byblos, Great Residence, Sanctuary

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Sword

Ugarit, Cretan vase

Ugarit, Tomb of Rafanu

Entrance to the Royal Palace of Ugarit

Rock tombs in Amioun

Byblos, Great Residence, General view

Gypsum

Byblos, Statuettes of baboons

Hatra, Eleventh temple, Aramaic Inscription

The Bekaa valley from the west

Map of the siege of Tyre

Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral (1)

The Bekaa valley from Qsarnaba

Enkomi, Figurine of the "Smiting god"

Megiddo, Bronze Age sanctuary

Samaria, Achaemenid coin with iconographic parallels from Persepolis

Natural bridge near Kfardebian

Byblos, L-shaped temple, Wall

Karatepe, North Gate relief, Bes

Rujm al-Malfouf, Storerooms

Tell Brak, Cuneiform letter

Ain Dara, Entrance, Feet

Amarna, Letter from King Abdi-Hepa of Jerusalem

Iron ore

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Syrians

Phoenician-Etruscan dish

Byblos, Relief with a hieroglyphic text

Byblos, Royal Tombs, Pectoral

Ugarit, Copper and steel axe

Byblos, L-shaped temple

Ain Dara, Temple from the south

Ain Dara, Orthostats of a sphinx and a lion

Byblos, Temple of Baalat, Figurine of a bull

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Sword, grip

Karchemish, Neo-Hittite relief of a mythological creature

Byblos, Persian terrace, Wall

Map of the ancient Near East

Sidon, Persian port, pier

Dura Europos, Temple of Adonis

Map of Mitanni and the ancient Near East

The Orontes north of Kadesh

Barouk, Cedar

Biblical genealogy

Mount Saphon, north of Ugarit.

Zincirli, Excavations

Karatepe, North Gate relief, Winged demon (copy)

Byblos, Royal Tombs, Sarcophagus

Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of an unidentified Assyrian king

Jericho, Skull from Pre-Pottery Neolithic B

Byblos, Royal Tomb II (Ip-Chemou-Abi), Pectoral

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Throne of Astarte

Moabite warrior god

Ugarit, Stele with the king of Ugarit in front of the god El

Nahr al-Kalb

Manganese ore

Zincirli, Excavations

The upper reachtes of the Litani River in Zahle