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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Byblos
		Byblos (βύβλος) is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal (earlier Gubla); it was known to the ancient Egyptians as Keben and Kepen (probably pronounced */g-b-l/).
		Byblos is located on the Mediterranean coast of present-day Lebanon, about 26 miles (42 kilometers) north of Beirut.
		Byblos, under the name of Gibelet or Giblet, was an important military base in the 11th century, and the remains of its Crusader castle are among the most impressive architectural structures now visible at its centre.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Byblos (539 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Byblos
		Byblos is the Greek name of Gebal "The Mountain", one of the oldest cities in Phoenicia Prima, quoted in an Egyptian inscription as early as 1550 B.C. Its inhabitants were skilled in stone and wood-carving (1 Kings 5:18) and in shipbuilding (Ezekiel 27:9).
		There is also at Byblos a castle of the same time, likewise some ruins of temples of Adonis and Isis.
		For the Catholic or Melkite Greeks, the title of Byblos is united with Beirut, and for the Maronites with that of Batroun (Botrys).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03092c.htm (378 words)

	Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In addition to their many inscriptions, the Phoenicians, contrary to some reports, wrote many books that have not survived.
		Evangelical Preparation by Eusebius of Caesarea quotes extensively from Philo of Byblos and Sanchuniathon.
		Among the most famous are the summer festivals at Baalbek, Beiteddine, and Byblos, where the elite and eclectic line-ups perform against the backdrop of some of Lebanon's most famous and spectacular historical sites.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lebanon (4380 words)

	Philo of Byblos: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Philo of Byblos: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
		Philo of Byblos (Herennios Philon), EHandler: no quick summary.
		Sanchuniathon or sanchoniathon or sanchoniatho is the purported phoenician author of three works in phoenician, surviving only in partial paraphrase...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/ph/philo_of_byblos.htm (1144 words)

	Hotel byblos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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