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History of Beirut. View of the Beirut Peninsula, 2015. The earliest settlement of Beirut was on an island in the Beirut River, but the channel that separated it from the banks silted up and the island ceased to be. Excavations in the downtown area have unearthed layers of Phoenician, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Crusader, and Ottoman ...
Beirut is an American band that was originally the solo musical project of Zach Condon. Beirut's music combines elements of indie rock and world music.The band's first performance with the full brass section was in New York, in May 2006, in support of their debut album Gulag Orkestar, [2] [3] though they performed their first show with Condon, Petree, and Collins at the College of Santa Fe ...
40,211 (2009) [1] Director. Anne-Marie Ofeish [2] The National Museum of Beirut (Arabic: متحف بيروت الوطنيّ, Matḥaf Bayrūt al-waṭanī) is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon. The collection begun after World War I, and the museum was officially opened in 1942. The museum has collections totaling about 100,000 ...
Beirut (/ b eɪ ˈ r uː t / bay-ROOT; [3] Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ / b eɪ ˈ r uː t /) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, [4] which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the thirteenth-largest in the Arab world.
Jeita Grotto. The Jeita Grotto (Arabic: مغارة جعيتا) is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres (5.6 mi). The caves are situated in the Nahr al-Kalb river valley within the locality of Jeita, 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
The American University of Beirut (AUB; Arabic: الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت, romanized: al-Jāmiʿa l-Amērkiyya fī Bayrūt) [4] is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. [5]
Hadsel is the sixth studio album by indie folk band Beirut, released on November 10, 2023, through Pompeii Records, the band's own label. [1] Frontman Zach Condon wrote and produced the majority of the album himself. [2] The album was announced alongside the release of the lead single "So Many Plans". [3] It received positive reviews from critics.
Sursock House built. 1866 – Syrian Protestant College established. 1868 – Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut established. 1875. Saint Joseph University founded. Thamarāt al Funūn newspaper begins publication. [3] 1877 – Lisan al-Hal newspaper begins publication.