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The Phoenician port of Beirut, also known as the Phoenician Harbour of Beirut and archaeological site BEY039 is located between Rue Allenby and Rue Foch in Beirut, Lebanon. Studies have shown that the Bronze Age waterfront lay around 300 metres behind the modern port due to coastal regularisation and siltation. It was excavated and reported on by Josette Elayi and Hala Sayegh in 2000 and determined to date to the Iron Age III and Persian periods. Two nineteenth century Ottoman docks were also unearthed during construction, just to the north of this area at archaeological sites BEY018 and BEY019.Excavations at BEY039 covered 3,000 square metres and comprised the western bank of a north to south facing harbor about 300 metres from the sea. It was made up of Ramleh sandstone blocks measuring about 60 centimetres by 30 centimetres , fixed with a grey mortar. This overlaid a layer of larger blocks measuring about 100 centimetres by 60 centimetres that were fixed without mortar. This type of construction was similar to that used during Phoenician period D. Although this harbor has now been reliably identified, the existence of other ports or areas used for harboring boats in the nearby coves at different times has not been ruled out.
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