CCulture & Heritage Read More 3 minute read 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.…
AArcheology Read More 3 minute read 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 12 minute read 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 2 minute read 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 2 minute read 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 1 minute read 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 1 minute read 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 2 minute read 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 5 minute read 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 3 minute read 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…