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The city is known for its fish restaurants, open-air bars, and outdoor cafes. Yachts cruise into its harbor today as they did in the 1960s and 1970s when Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra were regular visitors to the city. [55] Byblos was crowned as the "Arab Tour Capital" for the year 2016 by the Lebanese minister of tourism in the Grand Serail ...
Byblos was the leading city; it was a center for bronze-making and the primary terminus of trade routes for precious goods such as tin and lapis lazuli from as far east as Afghanistan. Sidon and Tyre also commanded the interest of Egyptian governmental officials, [ 49 ] beginning a pattern of commercial rivalry that would span the next millennium.
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: Food that many an N.Y.C. tourist grabs for breakfast — HINT: It starts with the letter "B"
The city-states during this time were Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, Aradus, Beirut, and Tripoli. [30] Sarcophagus of Eshmunazor II, Phoenician king of Sidon (5th century BC), bearing notable Egyptian influence. Byblos and Sidon were the earliest powers, though the relative prominence of Phoenician city states would ebb and flow throughout the millennium.
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: Hybrid utensil popularized by Kentucky Fried Chicken in the 1970s — HINT: It starts ...
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: "Vertically challenged" — HINT: It starts with the letter "S"
The English word "papyrus" derives, via Latin, from Greek πάπυρος (papyros), [17] a loanword of unknown (perhaps Pre-Greek) origin. [18] Greek has a second word for it, βύβλος ( byblos ), [ 19 ] said to derive from the name of the Phoenician city of Byblos .
USA TODAY’s Daily Crossword Puzzles Sudoku & Crossword Puzzle Answers This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Crossword Blog & Answers for January 2, 2025 by Sally Hoelscher