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New excavations across downtown Beirut, Saifi and Martyr’s Square
Archaeological excavations have been mushrooming across downtown Beirut over recent months, providing a glimpse at how the city looked and functioned in ancient times.
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Ghalghoul: a neighborhood erased
Before and after pictures were at the heart of the project to rebuild downtown Beirut following the Lebanese war. These images filled the pages...
One of Beirut’s oldest blocks demolished
What had been one of the most beautiful and historic buildings on Jeanne d'Arc street will soon be gone. Here's a picture of it...
Join events this week to help save Beirut heritage sites
Beirut activists are fighting hard to preserve two of the city's key heritage sites and you can support them by attending a series of...
How did ancient Beirut get tossed in a pile?
In the shadow of the towers of new Beirut, the ruins of ancient Beirut have literally been dismembered and piled up at the edge...
Beirut illustrated in “A City Neighboring the Earth”
Guest post by Dima Karam
Amid a maze of pulsing lights, grayscale buildings are wedged together against the blackness of night. In this disconsolate city...
Historic Laziza brewery demolition begins, can it be stopped?
A number of images are appearing on social media today documenting the demolition of one of Lebanon's first major factories and reportedly the oldest...
Ruins cleared near port of Beirut
Following our last post about the vast ruins site uncovered near the "Beirut Digital District" construction site, a reader got in touch and sent...
Demolition of Art Deco building resumes, despite governor’s order
Two years ago the Governor of Beirut issued an order to stop demolition of this historically listed Art Deco building in Gemmayze, and shared...
Ancient ruins uncovered in the ‘digital district’
A wide range of ancient structures have been uncovered in downtown Beirut that may provide important clues to the city's millennia-old history. The archaeological...
