Marble Bull’s Head From The Temple of Echmoun Recovered by the Ministry of Culture

The Minister of Culture announced a couple days ago that the marble bull's head from the Phoenician temple of Echmoun was finally returned to Lebanon. The head was reportedly looted from an archaeological storage area at Byblos in the 1980s during the Lebanese civil war, and was bought by American collectors in the late 1990s for over $1 million dollars from an English art merchant. Manhattan prosecutors then took custody of the ancient bull’s head…

How The Tourism Minister Justified the LL10,000 Valet Parking Price

Even if most of our ministers are incompetent, they always tend to sympathize with the people and lie to them to make them believe they're doing things for their own good. They never cease to amaze us with the excuses they come up with their actions and pretend it's for our own good but our current Tourism Minister doesn't work that way. After setting the valet parking price to LL5,000 and waging a war against…

Formula E in Beirut?

Back in 1999, Lebanon almost won the bid to host an F1 track back in 1999. F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone was fond of the idea and F1 Race Director Charlie Whiting visited Lebanon to inspect the proposed track. His response was also a provisional thumbs-up. “There’s far from a green light at this stage,” he said but “I see nothing today that would stop the project from going through.” The plan was to build a…

Villa Les Cèdres is the World’s Most Expensive House

Villa Les Cèdres, a luxurious mansion in Southern France is up for sale for $410 million dollars, making it the world's most expensive residential home. The 187 year old mansion built in the Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat near Nice "sits on 35 acres decorated with 14,000 different species of plants, a man-made pond filled with lily pads, a bronze statue of Athena and 300-year-old olive trees, according to Bloomberg". Villa Les Cèdres was once the holiday home of…
Critiques

Valet Parking Set to 10,000LL in Beirut LOL!

6 years ago
When I first posted about the valet parking price being set to LL 5,000, my only worry was that the law will never be enforced, but the last thing I expected was for the Tourism ...
Baladi

Spanish Army Raises Lebanese Flag on Spain’s National Day

6 years ago
The Spanish Army raised the Lebanese flag during a military parade celebrating Spain’s National day as a sign of solidarity and gratitude to the Lebanese army soldiers who paid tribute to Barcelona’s terror attack victims ...
Automotive

ISF is Issuing Around 30,000 Speed Fines Every Month

6 years ago
I got a comment from one of the blog’s readers asking me on why speed fines reported by the ISF keep increasing every month, so I looked up fines reported in the past month or ...
Architecture

Protection of Historical Sites and Buildings Finally Approved By Council of Ministers

6 years ago
The Council of Ministers, upon proposal by Lebanon’s Minister of Culture Ghattas Khoury, has approved the long awaited law for the Protection of Historical Sites and Buildings. This is great news but there’s still a ...
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