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Tyre ( / ˈtaɪər /; Arabic: صُور, romanized : Ṣūr; Phoenician: 𐤑𐤓, romanized: Ṣūr; Greek: Τύρος, translit. Týros) is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, [1] though in medieval times for some centuries by just a small population.
Tyre Necropolis. Coordinates: 33°16′20″N 35°12′35″E. The Al-Bass Tyre necropolis is a Lebanese UNESCO World Heritage Site in the city of Tyre situated next to the el-Buss refugee camp.
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Jan 26, 2015 · In A.D. 1124, the city was retaken by the Crusaders, and became one of their strongholds in the Levant until its fall at the end of the 13 th century. As of today, Tyre is a UNESCO World Heritage site due to its archaeological value.
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Tyre ruins. The ruins of Tyre, are a collection of archaeological sites in the city of Tyre, in Southern Lebanon. Since the forties of the twentieth century, the Lebanese government has been carrying out extensive excavation campaigns in the area of the Phoenician city in search of the city's antiquities and history.
Tyre. © Tim Schnarr. Located on the southern coast of Lebanon, 83 km south of Beirut, the antique town of Tyre was the great Phoenician city that reigned over the seas and founded prosperous colonies such as Cadiz and Carthage and according to legend, was the place of the discovery of purple pigment.
Tyre, Lebanon. A group of rocky islands off Tyre peninsula's Western shore. Tyre is a city in the south of Lebanon. About 120,000 people lived there in 2003. The Phoenicians originally built the city. It is known as Tyrus in Latin, and Tyros in Greek. Its name in Arabic and Turkish is Suur .
Nov 17, 2020 · How Alexander Turned The Island of Tyre Into a Peninsula. Kaushik Patowary Nov 17, 2020 1 comments. The city of Tyre in southern Lebanon is one of the oldest cities in the world. Originally founded by settlers from the nearby city of Sidon in the 3rd millennium BCE, Tyre became politically independent when Egyptian influence in Phoenicia ...
