Byblos...the world’s most ancient port

Today my sister and I visited the exhibition "Byblos" in the National Museum of Antiquities. Byblos is an exhibition about the world’s most ancient port in Lebanon. Byblos, a town situated on the coast of present-day Lebanon, played an extraordinary role in the Mediterranean and Middle East from 3000 BC, thanks to the trade in cedar wood. A simple fishing village that had been inhabited since 6500 BC, grew into a prosperous city and became the world’s first international seaport. Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans left their mark on the city. Nowadays the name of the town is Jbeil, north of Beirut... @ Leiden, the Netherlands