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Feature date |
Role |
Did you know ... |
45 |
15 April 2024 |
Created |
... that alongside a 7th-century BC Phoenician shipwreck, two additional wrecks from various historical periods were unearthed in Bajo de la Campana, situated off the coast of Cartagena, Spain? |
44 |
30 January 2024 |
Created |
... that pioneering bodybuilder Hippolyte Triat was kidnapped by vagabonds at the age of six and sold to a troupe of Italian acrobats? |
43 |
19_December_2023 |
GA |
... that the sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II (pictured), the Phoenician king of Sidon, is one of only three ancient Egyptian sarcophagi unearthed outside Egypt? |
42 |
5 October 2023 |
Created |
... that the royal necropolis of Ayaa in Sidon, Lebanon, was accidentally discovered in the late 19th century by a workman who stumbled upon a shaft and chamber tomb while quarrying for stone? |
41 |
16 September 2023 |
Created |
... that archaeological excavations in the historic town of Kharayeb revealed a rural settlement with a complex system of cisterns and a Phoenician temple? |
40 |
3 September 2023 |
Created |
... that the deity of the Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb remains unidentified due to the absence of names of specific gods in unearthed inscriptions? |
39 |
23 August 2023 |
Created |
... that favissae were underground pits dedicated to the disposal of votive offerings that were no longer in use? |
38 |
30 June 2023 |
Created |
... that parts of the Marsala Punic shipwreck were marked with alphabetical signs intended to facilitate and speed up assembly? |
37 |
24 January 2023 |
Created |
... that the work of Danish plant physiologist Peter Boysen Jensen paved the way to the discovery of the plant growth hormone, auxin? |
36 |
17 January 2023 |
Created |
... that Chekri Ganem's play Antar was described as the most significant display of Arab nationalism organized outside the Arab world? |
35 |
10 January 2023 |
Created |
... that the first day of filming of the psychological thriller Farah coincided with the beginning of the 2019 Lebanese protests? |
34 |
9_April_2022 |
Created |
... that the royal necropolis of Byblos was discovered in 1922 due to a heavy rain-triggered landslide, which uncovered an unspoiled royal tomb in the seaside cliff of Byblos? |
33 |
7_April_2022 |
Created |
... that Lebanese actress Takla Chamoun stoically refused to cancel a play showing after being informed that her mother had died? |
32 |
30_August_2021 |
Created |
... that coins issued by Baalshillem II, the Phoenician king of Sidon, were the first Sidonian coins to bear minting dates corresponding to the king's year of reign? |
31 |
4 August 2021 |
Created |
... that Eshmunazar I, Phoenician king of Sidon, participated in the Neo-Babylonian campaigns against Egypt, where he seized stone sarcophagi belonging to members of the Egyptian elite? |
30 |
19 May 2021 |
Created |
... that the Romans copied the Phoenician joints technique from a Punic warship that ran aground in 264 BC? |
29 |
24 April 2021 |
Created |
... that Syrian-Lebanese poet Maha Bayrakdar won the Miss Syria beauty pageant in 1967? |
28 |
25 December 2020 |
Created |
... that Giovanni Garbini's studies helped scholars interpret the biblical narrative in the larger context of the history of the ancient Near East? |
27 |
10 December 2020 |
Created |
... that orientalist Giuseppe Furlani organized the first and only Italian archaeological excavation in Mesopotamia? |
26 |
6 December 2020 |
Created |
... that despite ample epigraphic evidence mentioning his name, nothing is known about Phoenician king Yatonmilk's reign? |
25 |
1 December 2020 |
Created
5x expanded |
... that Bodashtart, King of Sidon, left some 30 dedicatory inscriptions at the Temple of Eshmun? |
24 |
20 November 2020 |
Created |
... that the Gozo Phoenician shipwreck excavation is the first maritime archaeological survey to explore sunken vessels beyond a depth of 100 metres (330 ft)? |
23 |
12 October 2020 |
Created |
... that French historian Josette Elayi was made a knight of the Legion of Honour by the French government for her works on Phoenician history? |
22 |
7 August 2020 |
Created |
... that after being squatted by hundreds of refugees, the 18th-century Debbane Palace was restored to its former state and turned into a private museum? |
21 |
3 January 2020 |
Created |
... that professors at the Roman law school of Beirut drafted parts of the Corpus Juris Civilis, a fundamental work in Roman jurisprudence? |
20 |
18 September 2019 |
Created |
... that the Roman temple of Bziza (pictured), dedicated to the Semitic god Azizos, was converted to a church by the Byzantines? |
19 |
14 January 2017 |
Created |
... that an extract of Alchemilla diademata, a plant endemic to Lebanon, shows antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus? |
18 |
11 March 2016 |
Created |
... that Al-Hoda, established by Naoum Mokarzel in 1898, was the longest-running Arabic newspaper in the United States? |
17 |
2 March 2016 |
Created |
... that the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon led to the highest death toll by population of the First World War? |
16 |
9 January 2016 |
Created |
... that The Human Comedy (pictured) by French sculptor Ernest Christophe inspired Baudelaire's poem "The Mask"? |
15 |
23 April 2013 |
Created |
... that the jurists of the ancient Law School of Beirut played a major part in drafting the Justinian body of civil law? |
14 |
23 April 2013 |
Created |
... that to finance the completion of the Petit Serail, the WÄli of Syria had to take a loan, mortgage public buildings and impose new taxes? |
13 |
15 April 2013 |
Created |
... that the Puits d'amour pastry caused scandal in 18th century France because of the erotic connotation of its name? |
12 |
11 April 2013 |
Created |
... that Beirut's Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral sits on the vestiges of three earlier church structures dating back as early as the 5th century AD? |
11 |
7 March 2013 |
Created |
... that the residence of the French ambassador to Lebanon was originally intended to serve as a casino? |
10 |
12 October 2010 |
Created |
... that the controversial Lebanese rock band Mashrou' Leila started out as a music workshop at a local university? |
9 |
27 September 2010 |
Created |
... that the 73.8-metre (242 ft) tall Cross of All Nations located near the Lebanese town of Baskinta is the largest lit cross in the world? |
8 |
19 September 2010 |
Created |
... that the cathedra at Beirut's Saint George Maronite Cathedral is the armchair used by Pope John Paul II during his 1997 visit to Lebanon? |
7 |
16 September 2010 |
Created |
... that Alice of Champagne the widowed Queen Consort of Cyprus married Bohemond V of Antioch on the Palm Island offshore of Tripoli in 1224? |
6 |
9 August 2010 |
Created |
... that before becoming a museum, Beit Beirut (pictured) was a vantage point for sniping and a combat zone during the Lebanese Civil War? |
5 |
10 October 2009 |
5x expanded |
... that the Cypriot women's basketball team was disqualified at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie for exceeding the permitted number of naturalized players? |
4 |
23 November 2009 |
Created |
... that the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, a precursor of the modern state of Lebanon, was created in the aftermath of the 1860 massacre where thousands of Christians were killed by the Druze? |
3 |
17 June 2008 |
5x expanded
GA |
... that Jeita Grotto (statue pictured) in Lebanon has the world's longest stalactite, at 8.2 m (27 ft)? |
2 |
23 April 2008 |
5x expanded
GA |
...that the inscription on King Ahiram's sarcophagus housed in the National Museum of Beirut is the earliest known example of alphabetical writing? |
1 |
1 March 2008 |
Created |
... that eight well preserved Maronite mummies dating back to the 13th century were uncovered by speleologists in the Qadisha Valley, Lebanon? |