Memory of Time
The Byblos Fossil Museum is a museum in Byblos, Lebanon. This museum contains fossil collections of sharks, eels, shrimps, squids, rays, coelacanthes and flying fish.Photo: william, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum - Byblos, Lebanon
- Also known as: “Byblos Fossil Museum”, “Memory is time”, and “Memory of time”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wax Museum.
Wax Museum
Museum
Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Byblos Wax Museum is a wax museum in Byblos, Lebanon. It displays wax statues and life scenes from the Phoenician era to the modern times.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Byblos and Blat.
Byblos
Photo: Karimsaad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Byblos, also known by its Arabic name of Jbeil, is an ancient Phoenician city located about 35 kilometers north of the capital Beirut in modern day Lebanon. The city has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a popular daytrip from the capital.
Blat
Village
Blat is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is a suburb of Byblos and is 40 kilometers north of Beirut. Blat has an average elevation of 190 meters above sea level and a total land area of 683 hectares.
Eddeh
Village
Photo: Jimy86leb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Edde or Eddé village is located 45 km north of Beirut, Lebanon. It rises to an altitude of 210 metres of sea level and covers an area of 398 acres. Eddeh is situated 3 km northeast of Memory of Time.
Memory of Time
- Categories: paleontological museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.12087° or 34° 7′ 15″ northLongitude
35.64553° or 35° 38′ 44″ eastOpen location code
8G6Q4JCW+86OpenStreetMap ID
way 568869010OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5003956
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Memory of Time” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف جبيل الأحفوري”
- Arabic: “متحف جبيل للأحافير”
- French: “Mémoire du temps”
- French: “Mémoire du Temps”
- French: “musée des fossiles de Byblos”
- French: “Musée des fossiles de Byblos”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Maison Paroissiale St. Jean Marc and Sultan Abdul Majid Mosque.
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