Category: architecture
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Day Seven~ February 7th~ Lebnaon
As a small child our first family home and school were in the city of Byblos. It is daunting to think that the city I grew up in is in fact the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world! Byblos is said to have been founded by El, the god of Phoenicians, but archaeological evidence…
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Day Five~ February 5th~ Lebanon
Mystery and history are around every corner in Lebanon. It is really astounding to think about how many pieces of the human puzzle are contained in that tiny country. One of the most impressive historical sites is what my niece used to call as small child ‘the broken house’ 🙂 Baalbek, Baalbak, ancient Heliopolis, are…
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Day Two Hundred Eighty One, October 30, 2011
Funny how certain events stay engraved in our minds forever and are triggered by visual means for the rest of our lives. I was living in New York at the time of 911 and had witnessed the whole disaster from the rooftop of my downtown Nolita office. It was horrific to say the least seeing…