Historical place profile
Beirut Souks
Area along the western harbor of Beirut developed during phases of urban expansion from the 4th century BCE through the 1st century CE. The area was inhabited into late antiquity, with limited use into the medieval period. Rescue excavations were conducted in the area prior to its commercial redevelopment in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:339099444
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:339099444
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 33.899017, 35.503967
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Area along the western harbor of Beirut developed during phases of urban expansion from the 4th century BCE through the 1st century CE. The area was inhabited into late antiquity, with limited use into the medieval period. Rescue excavations were conducted in the area prior to its commercial redevelopment in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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