Lebanon
Beirut: Step Lively
May 2018
May 1, 2018Beirut Lights Up After Dark
July 2017
Jul 1, 2017Beirut: Astride The Divide
2012 / March 2012
Mar 1, 2012Beirut: Phoenix Rising
2009 / October 2009
Oct 1, 2009Beirut: Beirut Rising
2005 / April 2005
Apr 1, 20052004 / March 2004
Mar 1, 2004Beirut On The Rebound
The Cedars of Lebanon are famous-great powerful trees that have stood in the hills above Beirut for millennia. The oldest of these are thought to date back beyond the birth of Islam and Christianity. They are massive trees, with trunks as wide as 8 feet in diameter and pungent, knot-free wood known for its resilience and resistance to parasites and disease. These qualities made the lumber highly desirable construction material for the ancient Egyptians and Palestinians. Many sarcophagi unearthed in Egypt were made of this wood.