Byblos

Byblos , ancient city, Phoenicia, a port 17 mi (27 km) NNE of modern Beirut, Lebanon. The principal city of Phoenicia during the 2d millennium BC, it long retained importance as an active port under the Persians. Byblos was the chief center of the worship of Adonis. Because of its papyruses, it was also the source of the Greek word for book and, hence, of the name of the Bible. Excavations of Byblos, especially since 1922, have shown that trade existed between Byblos and Egypt as early as c.2800 BC A syllabic script found at Byblos dates from the 18th to the 15th cent. BC

Byblos an ancient Mediterranean seaport, situated on the site of modern Jebeil, to the north of Beirut in Lebanon. An important trading centre with strong links with Egypt, it became a thriving Phoenician city in the 2nd millennium bc.

Byblos Ancient city of the Phoenicians, in Lebanon, 27km (17mi) n of Beirut. Byblos was a centre of Phoenician trade with Egypt from the 2nd millennium bc, and was particularly famous as a source of papyrus. The Greek word for ‘book’ derived from its name. Byblos was abandoned after its capture by the Crusaders in 1103.