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Majdel Tarshish (Roman Remains - 50 km from Beirut)
Ikama Lebanon ^ | 2003 | staff

Posted on 11/06/2004 8:32:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Majdel Tarshish used to be a station for the retinue of passengers on their way to Metn-Bekaa. The Romans paved roads to cross it, linking, thus, the seaside with the inner plains. They are especially evident in "Bourj Al-Hamam", (tower of pigeons). Majdel Tarshish was a well fortressed castle in time of invasions that raided down the Bekaa. Rocky sarcophaguses of the Roman era bear witness to that glorious age.

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1 posted on 11/06/2004 8:32:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Last for the evening, g'night everybody.


2 posted on 11/06/2004 8:33:34 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: SunkenCiv

Goodnight and thank you!


3 posted on 11/06/2004 8:35:23 PM PST by Lady Jag (YAHOOO!!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

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4 posted on 11/06/2004 8:58:53 PM PST by Henchman (Now let Kerry benefit the country. What is his PLAN?)
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To: SunkenCiv

As in the Biblical "Saul of Tarshish"......Saint Paul..?!


5 posted on 11/06/2004 10:00:09 PM PST by PoorMuttly ("The right of the People to be Muttly shall not be infringed,")
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The names appear the same, possibly due to convergence in the English transliterations. :') The OT Biblical Tarshish is often placed in Tartessos, in the Guadalquivir valley in Spain, but Tartessos is in fact a fictional city, made up in order to find a place for Tarshish to have been. :') This is not to say that various remains have not been found there (very small ones, including one smallish ceremonial site), only to say that the "Welcome to Tartessos" sign wasn't one of the finds. :') Calling it "Tartessian" will probably persist down through the ages unless someone comes up with some kind of indigenous name, or better yet, an archive.
6 posted on 11/07/2004 7:08:38 AM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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Another link to a Civ-started topic, from elsewhere:

http://www.lost-civilizations.net/data/atlantis-corroborating-evidence/tarshish_20tartessos.html


7 posted on 06/06/2005 9:45:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (FR profiled updated Tuesday, May 10, 2005. Fewer graphics, faster loading.)
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Septimus Severus Bridge crossing the Kahta River in Turkey

http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=22496
http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/1927/turquie/cendere9_15_93.jpg

http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=22495
http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/1927/turquie/cendere9_20a_93.jpg

http://www.livius.org/a/turkey/cendere/cendere_bridge_1.JPG

Another Roman (?) bridge at Goksu Koprusu

http://members.tripod.com/goksu_belediyesi/goksubld.htm
http://goksu_belediyesi.tripod.com/k.koprusu.jpg


8 posted on 07/17/2005 9:22:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
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9 posted on 11/27/2009 7:15:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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