Ancient/ Historical Sites
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Tyre (Sour)
Tyre was a Phoenician island city founded
around the third millennium BC and known as Queen of the Seas. In history
it grew wealthy from its far-reaching Phoenician colonies and its industries
of purple-dyed textiles in the first millennium BC. But it also attracted
great conquerors such as the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander
the Great.
In the 10th century BC, King of Tyre, Ahiram, joined two islets by landfill
and extended the city further by reclaiming a considerable area from
the sea and built two ports and a temple to Melkart, the city's god.
Recent excavations have uncovered Crusader, Arab, Byzantine and Graeco-Roman
remains.
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The Triumphal Arch that is composed of
a Necropolis situated on both sides of a long avenue is the most impressive
of its remains. The Great Hippodrome for chariot racing a remarkable
stone built structure.
Also in Tyre is the Tomb of King Ahiram (970-936 BC), contemporary of
King David, who sent for cedar wood and craftsmen to build King Solomon's
temple in Jerusalem.
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