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