page_title: Byblos
section_title: History Of Byblos
hierarchical_section_title: Byblos / History Of Byblos
caption_attribution_description: English: The port of Jbeil in the night
context_page_description: Byblos is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal. It is said to be the oldest city in the world.
context_section_description: Byblos is a city located in Lebanon. It is called Byblos by the Greeks. The word Byblos appears in the Bible under the name Gebal. Gebal means mountains. The Greeks took the name of Byblos as their word for books, and from their word for books named the bible.
caption: Byblos
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