Archaeological site · Byblos (Jbeil)
Byblos - Birthplace of the Alphabet
5000 BC earliest settlement; 3000 BC Phoenician trade hub for cedar + papyrus. Alphabet invented here. UNESCO '84. World's oldest continuously inhabited city.
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Wineries nearby
- Winery · Byblos Byblos (Jbeil) Oldest continuously inhabited city (5000 BC onward): Phoenician alphabet birthplace, cedar-to-Egypt hub.
- Winery · Ghazir Chateau Musar Hochar family's Ghazir estate (since 1930) creates 2.8M bottles yearly from Bekaa Valley grapes.
- Winery · Ghazir Château Musar - Legacy of the Hochar Dynasty Hochar dynasty legacy since 1930 at Ghazir.