I hope they don’t end up destroying it just to replace it with a hotel. I am not counting on Gaby Layoun for that though.
In addition to the possible Roman gate and road revealed in a previous post, the Landmark site dig (which could be replaced by a 5 star Jean Nouvel hotel) seems to be full of treasures.
Among them are what some archeologists believe could be the remnants of a 4th-5th century Byzantine Basilica.
In these wide shots we can see a number of large white-ish mosaic floors, thought to have belonged to the Basilica:
Great coverage on that story by Habib from the Beirut Report. Read more [Here].
I’d rather have empty hotel rooms. lol.
Thanks for reposting. Hopefully there will be more transparency here than there was at the District S site. Maybe Jean Nouvel can be reached?
This is great, I hope that the concerned authorities will preserve this treasure. Lebanon is known to the world by its values, or whatever left, since the majority of Lebanese worked hard to consume all values…