page_title: Byblos
hierarchical_section_title: Byblos
caption_attribution_description: English: Qartaba View From The Road To Laklouk
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 the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal (Greek: Βύβλος; Hebrew: גְבַל‎; earlier Gubla/Phoenician:𐤂𐤁𐤋). It is said to be the oldest city in the world (according to the ancient historian Philo of Byblos).
caption: Qartaba
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