A group of rocky islands off Tyre peninsula's Western shore
Tyre is a city in the south of Lebanon. About 120,000 people lived there in 2003. The Phoenicians originally built the city. It is known as Tyrus in Latin, and Tyros in Greek. Its name in Arabic and Turkish is Suur.
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Main tectonic features of Lebanon
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A 22° halo over Al Mina site, 2019
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Limestone figurine on a throne from Cyprus, 6th century BCE, "probably" representing Astarte, on display at Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
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"Throne of Astarte" from Tyre, 2nd century BCE, Louvre Museum Paris
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Terracotta ostracon with Phoenician inscriptions from Tyre, 3rd century BCE, National Museum of Beirut
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Amarna clay letter from Tyrian prince Abimilku to Pharaoh Akenaten, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Stela from the Al Bass site in Tyre, the biggest known Phoenician necropolis (National Museum of Beirut)
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Funerary mask from Tyre, 7th c. BCE, National Museum of Beirut
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Supplicant ruler (right) who may be Baal I, on Esarhaddon's victory stele (Pergamon Museum, Berlin)
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The evacuation of Tyre in 702 BCE on a relief in Niniveh
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Figurine of a deity from Tyre, 7th century BCE, National Museum
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Sarcophagus near Tyre known as "Hiram's Tomb", but dated to the Persian period
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Silver coin minted in Tyre dated 437–425 BCE, on the left a dolphin and a murex, on the right an owl with an Egyptian sceptre
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Silver coin minted in Tyre, dated 347–346 BCE, on the left Melqart riding on a maritime horse and on the right an owl with an Egyptian scepter
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A naval action during the siege, drawing by André Castaigne, 1888/9
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Hellenistic theatre mask from Tyre, National Museum of Beirut
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Hellenistic figurine from Tyre, National Museum of Beirut
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Fibula in the shape of a Maritime horse from Tyre, c. 4th to 1st c. BCE, Louvre Paris
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Hellenistic figurines from Tyre, from the collections of the National Museum of Beirut on display at Beirut International Airport (2019)
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Silver didrachme minted in Tyre, c. 142–141 BCE depicting Demetrios II
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A half-shekel from Tyre, c. 102 BCE, depiciting Melqart
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Panorama of "Al Mina" (City Site)
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Roman remnants in the basement of the Maronite cathedral
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The Triumphal Arch (reconstructed)
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Bronze coin minted in Tyre during Hadrian's reign, with the head of Tyche (left) wearing a crown of towers and Phoenician goddess Astarte (right)
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Marble statue of Hadrian from Tyre at the National Museum of Beirut
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Marble bust of Septimius Severus from Tyre, National Museum of Beirut
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Relic of Saint Christina in the Maronite Cathedral of Tyre
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Relief on a sarcophagus in Al Bass
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Mosaic of heart-shaped vine leaves at the entry of Al Mina Site, probably Byzantine
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Ornamental marble plate from Tyre, Byzantine Period, National Museum of Beirut
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5th-6th c. limestone from Tyre area, Louvre
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Remains of the Fatimid Mosque: water basin and circuits for ablutions
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Terracotta cup with glaze, 9th–10th century, National Museum of Beirut
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Terracotta cup from Tyre, Crusader period, National Museum of Beirut
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William of Tyre, 16th century drawing by French explorer André Thévet
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1874 illustration of the ground plan of the crowning cathedral by Johann Nepomuk Sepp
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Terracotta bowls found in Tyre, dated to the 12th to 13th century, National Museum of Beirut, on display at Beirut International Airport
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"TYRUS DOMINI TYRI ACCA" -The seal of John of Montfort depicting Tyre's fortifications (right)
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"Seascape with Ezekiel Crying on the Ruins of Tyre" – 1667 oil painting by French Baroque artist Claude Lorrain (private collection), reflecting Western fascination since the early modern period with the crumbled metropolis
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Illustration of the ruins of Tyre, by Dutch artist Cornelis De Bruyn who travelled the Levant in the 1670s and early 1680s
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The Greek Catholic Saint Thomas Cathedral with the Franciscan order's Latin Catholic church of the Holy Land in the background
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The Old Mosque (Sunna), with the minaret and one green dome of the Abdul Hussein Mosque (Shia), built in 1928, in the back left
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Ruins of a military tower (1874).
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The crumbling walls and collapsing roof of Khan Rabu (2019)
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Ottoman cannon at Al Mina site
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Greek-Orthodox St. Thomas, 2019
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Map of Tyre from the 1871–77 PEF Survey of Palestine
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Between 1890 and 1900, Photochrom Print
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"Our Lady of the Seas", 2019
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The Royal Navy ship Ml 206 entering Tyre in October 1918, painting by Donald Maxwell
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Sayed Abdul Hussein Sharafeddin
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Members of the American Colony, Jerusalem, in the ruins of the Crusader cathedral, between 1900 and 1920
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The ancient red granite columns in the Abdul Hussein mosque, 2019
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Scan of Sharafeddin's 1938 passport, noting that he was "literate"
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The Northern shore in 1936, photographed by a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem
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"Unloading Melons" - photographed in 1938 by John David Whiting from the American Colony (Jerusalem)
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A local lady smoking Arguileh at Tyre harbour, June 1941
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The ancient Al Mina site, partly covered by plantations
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Weizmann (left) with Faisal I
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Palestinians fleeing from Galilee to Lebanon in October/November 1948
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Bullet holes from 1958 at Jafariya
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Sadr in his house in Tyre
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President Chehab between 1960 and 1964
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Photo dated 1950, but probably rather 1960s with the construction of modern building on the isthmus started
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Karami (left) and Nasser in 1959
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Frangieh in 1974 (photo by FOCR)
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Sadr speaking in Tyre 1974
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Al-Sadr with Mostafa Chamran
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Fedayeen at a rally in Beirut, 1979
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A banner commemorating the 40th anniversary of Sadr's disappearance
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The Empire Cinema complex at the harbor, damaged by IAF bombs
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IDF-inflicted damages at Khan Al-Ashkar / Khan Sour
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Berri (right) and Jumblatt in 1989
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A 2005 poster in Tyre depicting the disappeared Imam Musa Sadr, Amal leader Nabih Berri, and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (clockwise)
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The Maronite Archeparchy without its traditional part in Northern Palestine
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UNIFIL soldiers and staff from the cruise ship MV Serenade evacuate refugees from Tyre, 20 July 2006
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Dust rises after an IAF airstrike on Tyre, 26 July 2006
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An Israeli Army chopper flying to Lebanon on 11 August 2006
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Lebanese areas targeted between 12 and 27 July 2006
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Italian marines on the shores of Tyre on 1 September 2006
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Graffiti in Rashidieh from 2011
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Demonstration at Elissa Square on 22 October 2019
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The ruins of the Rest House
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A Green Sea Turtle diving through submerged antiquities
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An Agama lizard couple at Al Mina
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Sign marking Tyre according to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Note the ruins of the Mamluk House (left) which has been rehabilitated since.
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The prophesied destruction of Tyre as painted by John Martin.
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A lithograph image depicting a scene from Pericles Prince of Tyre
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The ruins of the building that used to house the "Empire" cinema, 2019
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Religious coexistence: Abdel Hussein Mosque (Shia, left), Old Mosque (Sunna, right), Franciscan Church (left) and Maronite Cathedral in the background
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Balloon mapping of the Burj el-Shemali camp by its own residents during a 2015 project
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A Ferrari 458 with a number plate from Lagos, Nigeria, on the Southern promenade of Tyre
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The faded sign of Tadamon SC on the roof of the Municipal Stadium
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Sign at Tadamon's club home at the entrance of the Old Town
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Mayor Dbouk next to a statue of Ulpian in front of the municipality building (2019)
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In Spanish: Tiro para niños