Levant

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Gold disk

Tyre, Phoenician wall

Carthage, Ivory sphinx, made in Phoenicia

Phoenician figurines of deities

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

Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou), Pot

Byblos, Statuette of a hippopotamus

Beth Shean, House of the Egyptian governor

Ugarit, Cretan vase

Ugarit, Stele of the "smiting god"

Byblos, Phoenician tower

A murex shell

Oil shale

Beth Shean, Hill

Nahr al-Kalb, Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar

Tyre, City, The submerged southern part of the city

Byblos, Great Residence, Wall

Byblos, Relief with a hieroglyphic text

Dura Europos, Temple of Adonis

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Egyptianizing head

Megddo, Badly damaged Proto-Aeolic capital

Byblos, Temple of Baalat

Ain Dara, Orthostats of a sphinx and a lion

Ugarit, Bronze falcon in Egyptianizing style

Ain Dara, Tell

Amman, Raghadan Palace, Coffins

Byblos, L-shaped temple

Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of an unidentified Assyrian king

Byblos, Bull's head

The upper reachtes of the Litani River in Zahle

The road to Damascus through the Antilebanon

Kir, Relief of the god Balu

Byblos, Temple of Baalat, Figurine of a bull

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Syrians

Samaria ivories

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

Amman, Egyptianizing relief

Rujm al-Malfouf: the tower itself

Zincirli, Stela of Esarhaddon

Zincirli, Column base: a double sphinx

Byblos, Royal Tombs, Sarcophagus

Rujm al-Malfouf, Storerooms

Rock tombs in Amioun

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

Zincirli-Gerdshin, Statue of Hadad

Phosphate

Tell Siran, Bottle with inscription of king Amminadab II

Megiddo, Bronze Age sanctuary

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Obelisk of Abi Chemou

The Bekaa valley from Qsarnaba

Amman, Egyptianizing relief

Byblos, Persian terrace, Wall

Entrance to the Royal Palace of Ugarit

Ugarit, Stone face

Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of an unidentified Assyrian king

Map of the ancient Near East

The ancient Near East

Gypsum

Jericho, Skull from Pre-Pottery Neolithic B

The snow-clad Lebanon

Karatepe, North Gate relief, Bes

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

Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Syrians

Tell Brak, Cuneiform letter

Amman, Citadel Inscription

Amman, Iron Age II figurine

Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of Ramesses II

Sidon, Bronze Age bottle

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Axe

Nimrud, Figurine of a Nubian tribute bearer

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Sword, grip

Qasr Banat, Farm, entrance

Byblos, Temple of Baalat, Figurines

Rujm al-Malfouf, storerooms and tower

Amman, Statue of King Yerah Azar

Megiddo, Iron Age grain storage

Byblos, Phoenician funerary inscription

Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou)

Ain Dara, Temple wall

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Throne of Astarte

Byblos, Statuette of Bes

Enkomi, Building 18, Statuette of a Seated deity

Tell Fekheriye, Statue of king Hadad-yisi

Byblos, L-shaped temple, Artisans' quarter

The Bekaa valley from the west

Nahr al-Kalb

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

Zincirli, Excavations

Byblos, Statuette of Hathor

Zincirli, Figurine of a warrior

Byblos, Great Residence, Sanctuary

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

A cedar in the Qadisha valley

Barouk, Cedar

Byblos, Pre-urban settlement

Bsharre, Phoenician tomb, inside

Nahr al-Kalb, relief of an unidentified Assyrian king

Asian POW

Byblos, Neolithic site

Byblos, L-shaped temple, Well

Byblos, Persian terrace, Lion

Bsharre, Phoenician tomb

Issus (Kinet Höyük), Ancient comb

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

Amman, Citadel, Statue of an Ammonite King

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Syrians

Byblos, Royal Tomb V, Sarcophagus of Ahirom

The Antakya Stela

Bekaa Valley from Majdel Anjar

Phoenician ivory of Astarte

Iron ore

Karchemish, Neo-Hittite relief of a mythological creature

The desert north of Awjila

Baalbek, temple of Jupiter, Great Court, Deep sounding

Amman, Egyptianizing relief

Melitene, Statue of Mutalluh

Beth Shean, Canaanite stele with a lion and dog

Byblos, Archaic wall, buttressed wall, Hyksos glacis

Enkomi, Figurine of the "Smiting god"

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Statuette of a deity

The Orontes at Antioch

The so-called "Tomb of Hiram"

Tell Ahmar, Procession of servants

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

Karatepe, North Gate relief, Winged demon (copy)

One of the Megiddo ivories

Barouk, Cedar

Copper ore

Map of Alexander's Mesopotamian Campaigns

ZIncirli, Palace, Orthostats

Byblos, Relief of a lion

Byblos, Statue of pharaoh Osorkon II

Wadi Migdal, Relief of two mourners

Glass sand

Ugarit, Copper and steel axe

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

Byblos, Southern Port

Sidon-Dakerman, Middle Bronze jar

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

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

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Babylonian terrace

Karchemish, Neo-Hittite mythological relief

The Silk Road

The Orontes and Tell Kadesh

Byblos, Great Residence, General view

Ain Dara, Lion

Byblos, Chalcolithic burial

Salamis, Royal Tombs, Ivory

The southern Bekaa valley

Ugarit, Statuette of a seated god

Tell Sheikh Hamad, Pazuzu

Ugarit, Royal Palace, General view

Ugarit, Tomb of Rafanu

Manganese ore

Tyre, Stele of Ramesses II and Ra-Horakhty

Map of the main excavations near Tyre

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

Orontes, Source

Ain Dara, Entrance, Feet

Byblos, Royal Tomb I (Abi Chemou), Scimitar

The Jabbok

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

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

Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Syrians

Deir 'Alla Inscription

Megiddo, Tunnel

The Euphrates at Zenobia

Tell Sheikh Hamad, Solar disk

Karatepe, South Gate relief, Musicians (copy)

Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of Esarhaddon

The Orontes plain from the road to Jablah

Sidon, Persian port, pier

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Sword

Phoenician coin with warship

Zincirli, Egyptian ivory

Zincirli, Inner gate, lions

Barouk, Young cedar

Potash

Samaria, Achaemenid coin with iconographic parallels from Persepolis

Map of Israel, Judah, and other Iron Age Kingdoms

Byblos, Temple of Baalat

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

Tell Ahmar, Two Assyrian courtiers

Barouk, Cedar seed

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, General view

Phoenician-Etruscan dish

Sarcophagus from the Persian age

Byblos, Inlay with Egyptian lotus flowers

Byblos, Royal Tombs, Sarcophagus

Megiddo, Bronze Age sanctuary, model

Natural bridge near Kfardebian

Map of the first circumnavigation of Africa

Map of the siege of Tyre

Kurkh, Stela of Šalmaneser III

Amarna, Letter from King Abdi-Hepa of Jerusalem

Beth Shean, Dedication to Mekal

Ain Dara, Orthostats of two lions an a sphinx

Byblos, Figurine of horseman

Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of an unidentified Assyrian king

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

Mount Saphon, north of Ugarit.

Karatepe, North Gate relief, Sphinx (copy)

Byblos, Chalcolithic amulets

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.

Kamed el-Loz, Incense burner

Enkomi, Statuette of a bull

Zincirli, Excavations

Map of Mitanni and the ancient Near East

Byblos, Temple with the obelisks, Entrance

Rujm al-Malfouf, Storerooms

Dibon, Mesha Stela

Hazor, Head of a pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty

Byblos, Statuettes of baboons

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

Byblos, Royal Tombs, Pectoral

Map of Alexander's Levantine Campaign

Ain Dara, Orthostat of a sphinx

Karchemish, Neo-Hittite relief of two winged demons

Nineveh, Palace of Senacherib, Phoenician ship

Byblos, Great Residence, Sanctuary, Anchors

Ain Dara, Decoration of the stairs

Enkomi, Building 18, Statuette of a Seated deity

Biblical genealogy

Byblos, L-shaped temple, Wall

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

Megiddo, Late Bronze gate

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

The Orontes north of Kadesh

Coin from Byblos: Phoenician ship

Ain Dara, Temple from the southeast

Nahr al-Kalb, Relief of Ramesses II

Samaria

Moabite warrior god

Phoenician rhython in Assyrian style

Ugarit, Alphabet tablet

Beirut, Tell, round tower

Ain Dara, Temple from the south

Hatra, Eleventh temple, Aramaic Inscription