CCulture & Heritage Read More Art brings life to the ruins of Beit MeribyHabib BattahJan 2, 2022 Too often on this site, I have covered the destruction of ancient ruins in favor of new developments.…
CCulture & Heritage Read More Ruins cleared near port of BeirutbyHabib BattahMar 19, 2017 Following our last post about the vast ruins site uncovered near the “Beirut Digital District” construction site, a…
CCulture & Heritage Read More Ancient ruins uncovered in the ‘digital district’byHabib BattahMar 5, 2017 A wide range of ancient structures have been uncovered in downtown Beirut that may provide important clues to…
CCulture & Heritage Read More New ruins in GemmayzebyHabib BattahDec 11, 2014 There has been an ongoing dig for quite some time at the beginning of Gouraud Street–the main street…
CCulture & Heritage Read More District S ruins finally revealedbyHabib BattahAug 27, 2014 Many readers of this blog will remember when I was physically assaulted by site staff at the excavation…
CCulture & Heritage Read More Ruins cleared at Saifi PlazabyHabib BattahAug 20, 2014 There appears to be nothing left of a major downtown Beirut excavation that took place here a month…
CCulture & Heritage Read More Ruins discovered under Saifi 477byHabib BattahJul 30, 2014 It’s not been easy to post about Beirut with all the carnage happening in Gaza. But that doesn’t…
CCulture & Heritage Read More Ruins near Bank Audi cleared?byHabib BattahJun 27, 2014 Credit: Rayya Haddad Credit: Rayya Haddad Earlier this summer I posted pictures taken by my photographer friend Rayya…
CCulture & Heritage Read More Pre-historic ruins possibly recovered from Beirut tunnel sitebyHabib BattahMay 7, 2014 Ancient ruins removed this afternoon– archeologists say site could be up to 8,000 years old. It started with…
CCulture & Heritage Read More New ruins near Bank AudibyHabib BattahApr 25, 2014 Source: Rayya Haddad A series of structures have been recently discovered in central Beirut. They include several arched…