Posted By
Najib
Jan 03, 2015 09:27
I was reading an article about the 5 ancient acts of war that changed the face of the earth and the Great Alexander's siege of Tyre was mentioned among them, so I decided to dig deeper into it and it's a mind blowing story to say the least! In fact, I am surprised they haven't done a movie about that siege alone. So how did Alexander turn an Island Into a Peninsula? Tyre was one…
Posted By
Najib
Dec 29, 2014 08:50
The Business Insider published a nice article two days ago explaining why "Beirut Was Once Known As The Paris Of The Middle East". They used photos taken by Charles W. Cushman, an avid traveler and amateur photographer who visited Beirut in its golden years. I am familiar with Cushman's pictures as he had stayed at the famous Excelsior hotel which I researched and posted about earlier this year but I think the author should have…
Information
9 years ago
I found this old footage showing military checkpoints back in 1975. There are plenty of videos from that dark era between 1975 and 1990 that you can check [here]. ...
Lebanon
9 years ago
The first picture was posted by Qadiman and a recent picture of the mental institution was shared by Simon Assaf in the same thread. The place looks really nice and is somewhere near Hazmieh but ...
Beirut
9 years ago
Back in 1963, there was a tramway that passed right in front of the American University of Beirut. I found some old footage a while ago that you can see [here]. I always thought Bliss ...
Advertising
9 years ago
via Carole Unfortunately, the slogan “Where East meets West” no longer applies. ...
Lebanon
9 years ago
Picture taken in September 2014 Picture taken in the 70s from Teleferique Lebanon Picture taken from Teleferique Lebanon ...
Automotive
9 years ago
[YouTube] I doubt that we will ever see trains again in Lebanon. Check out some really cool pictures of Riyak train station [Here]. ...
History
9 years ago
via Qadiman This is a picture taken back in 1958 showing American units on the Antelias shore which is almost where the Golden beach is now. I had no clue the Americans landed that far ...
Old Lebanon
9 years ago
[YouTube] Beirut in the 1970s via OldBeirut Nice find by Gino! ...
