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