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Tyre Necropolis

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The Triumphal Arch is one of the most impressive relics of the site. Fallen apart but reconstructed in modern times, it dominates the well preserved Roman avenue which has a necropolis on either side scattered with hundreds of ornate stones and sculptured marble sarcophagi dating from the 2nd
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threatened the site when a nearby building was bombarded. A post-conflict analysis by conservation experts found that many of the frescoes had sustained damage. This, combined with the significant lack of maintenance at the site, represents significant threats to the site.
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eras. Several of them have Greek inscriptions or the names of those buried there, or their trade such as "wealthy purple dye manufacturer." Others whose sides and covers are decorated with frescoes and bas-reliefs of works from
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In the northern section of the site, there is a Phoenician necropolis of the ninth century BCE formed by dug graves containing urns and funerary stelae.
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The site was already plundered in the 1990s. Find disappeared in the illegal antiquities market and some obelisks are now displayed at
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consists of hundreds of stone and marble sarcophagi from the
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Buildings and structures completed in the 9th century BC
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Tyre Necropolis is located in Lebanon
Tyre
Lebanon
33°16′20″N 35°12′35″E / 33.27222°N 35.20972°E / 33.27222; 35.20972
Lebanese
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Tyre
el-Buss refugee camp
aqueduct
2nd-century hippodrome

Achilles
National Museum of Beirut
necropolis
Roman
Byzantine
Homer
Hostilities during 2006
Nabu museum
"Tyre"
the original
"Tyre Things to Do"
"About the necropolis"
the original
Aubet, María Eugenia
Near Eastern Archaeology
"Astarte in Tyre According to New Iron Age Funerary Stelae"
doi
10.13109/wdor.2013.43.2.153

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