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Massive excavation continues at Saifi

  • byHabib Battah
  • Jun 19, 2014
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I was lucky enough to pass by the Saifi dig (above) today when the gate was briefly open.…
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Pre-historic ruins possibly recovered from Beirut tunnel site

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  • May 7, 2014
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Ancient ruins removed this afternoon– archeologists say site could be up to 8,000 years old. It started with…
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New ruins near Bank Audi

  • byHabib Battah
  • Apr 25, 2014
Source: Rayya Haddad A series of structures have been recently discovered in central Beirut. They include several arched…
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What’s being dug up at Saifi Gardens?

  • byHabib Battah
  • Mar 11, 2014
There appears to be a lot of interesting ruins being dug up at the new Safi Gardens development.…
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Airtime is free for Lebanese politicians

  • byHabib Battah
  • Feb 11, 2014
Politics is hard. But it’s a lot easier when you get free adverting and free airtime–when every time…
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That time I got threatened by a government official

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 11, 2013
This column was originally published in this month’s issue of Bold Magazine. Detained And RestrainedREPORTING IN LEBANON CAN…
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It could be nothing…

  • byHabib Battah
  • Dec 1, 2013
A friend recently sent me a picture of a major construction site going up in Hamra. It’s probably…
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Council member: Masaad stairs “not to be touched”

  • byHabib Battah
  • Nov 11, 2013
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Barely 24 hours after a widely covered protest by neighborhood residents, a Beirut city council member has announced…
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Roman wall removed from Beirut Hippodrome site

  • byHabib Battah
  • Oct 25, 2013
It survived some 2,000 years of wars and conquest, but the wall above is now gone. Archeologists believe…
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Developer to resume dismantling of Hippodrome

  • byHabib Battah
  • Sep 29, 2013
A work cessation order at Beirut’s Roman Hippodrome site has been overruled and the dismantlement of ruins belonging…
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