NOUN
- an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated
How To Use Byblos In A Sentence
- In fact, the word Bible comes from the word Byblos, another Carthaginian port from which the majority of Egyptian papyrus was exported. Blowback
- Ranging in size from two to ten centimeters, the pieces include an ivory furniture plaque, a gold ring, a red jasper stamp seal, and the flat lid of a pyxis, or small box — from Anatolia, Mycenae, Vapheio, and Byblos, respectively. The Art of Foreign Influence
- Just about any ancient civilization and culture you can think of called Byblos home at one time or other. The "Piles of Rocks" Tour continues...
- During these days, or forty at Medina, or a few more at Babylon and Byblos, the stars of the Husbandman successively sank out of sight, during the _crepusculum_ or short-lived morning twilight of those Southern climes. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
- But there was only a 0.6 per cent increase in the price of private jets, a chauffeur service, and exclusive hotels such as Byblos in Evening Standard - Home
- He had spent the day up in Byblos and on the way back saw militiamen, still armed, not too far from the hotel. The News from Lebanon - Swampland - TIME.com
- At Byblos she was a serpent-goddess whose cobra symbolized the eye of wisdom.
- Most early books were made from papyrus, and the word Byblos or Biblos became the ancient Greek word for ‘book.’ Blowback
- Alternatively, you can eat at super-trendy Spoon Byblos, a major magnet for the in-crowd.
- Two days of marching along the coast brought Alexander to the important Phoenician trading center of Byblos. Alexander the Great