Archaeology in the Reconstruction of Beirut
- Reports from the sites
- background material
- hans h. curvers, archeological resource management in the beirut central district
- law no 91-117
(on the reconstruction of beirut central district)
- hans curvers, archaeology
of the future. (july, 1995)
- maps and the historical
topography of beirut by michael f. davie, berytus, vol. 35, 1987
- articles and papers on the history and geography of beirut by may and
michael davie.
- la protection des monuments et des
sites archiologiques de beyrouth et leur prisentation au public: liban
- (mission) (bibliographic entry)
- maps of beirut from the late 1960's.
- lebanon's past today by helga seeden
from: berytus, volume 35, 1987
- leb-net daily digest volume 549 wed, 28 jun 1995
- elie's report of his conversation with dr.
leila badre, of the american university of beirut (thu, 29 jun
1995)
- place
des canons - a brief history by nina jidejian - from the program
for fairuz' concert in 1994.
- archaeology
in lebanon in the twentieth century
- , by william a. ward. biblical
archaeologist, vol.57 no.2 june 1995
articles
on the reconstruction of beirut
- beirut central district:
development and reconstruction (solidere)
- photographs of beirut taken by the a. bonfils family of photographers, beirut (late 1800's)
- the old city with port and the eastern cursader castle
- sames as above including the western crusader castel
- 28
3g9 574 beirut, view from the american college; vue
generale de beyrouth, du college americain, 488
- 29
3g5 570 panorama of beirut; panorama de [beyrouth], 484
- 30
3g6 571 panorama of bierut, continued; [panorama de]
beyrouth, 485
- 37
3f12 565 ras beirut; raz beyrouth, 479
- 38
3g7 572 general view of beirut; beyrouth, vue generale.
syrie, 486
- 39
10b6 [beirut] rm:008:0020; beyrouth, 488bis
- 40
3g8 573 beirut from the hill of st. george; beyrouth pris
de la colline st-george, 487
- 43
3g10 575 beirut; beyrouth, 489
- postcards with photographs from old beirut.
- "the main wall of the castle was
later unearthed from under the rivoli cinema, which was dynamited and
bulldozed last summer."
- addresses of the members of the scientific committee
- articles about lebanon from le monde diplomatique
- archeology in beirut (and addresses)
- solidere groundbreaking ceremony this
month (news article)
- maps and the historical topography of beirut (source)
- discussion
virtually from the time of its founding, the physical fabric of the
city of beirut underwent waves of destruction, demolition and decay,
punctuated by the devastation of souks at the heart the old city by
the ottomans in 1915.
again, beirut is undergoing comprehensive reconstruction in the area
of the old city. the usual conflicts between the urgency to build and
the need for scientific excavation arose as soon as talk of
reconstruction began. in the battle between construction finances
pressed by interest rates and funding for archaeological investigation
strapped for both funding and concern, many believe that science will
lose. not everyone is of the opinion that the inherent value of ancient
remains and modern architecture should automatically favor the
historical.
it is also felt that while previous reconstructions of the city, left
the remains of demolition intact in the earth, the present round of
construction is not so sensitive. both the indiscriminate carting off
of excavation material and deep foundations maybe be inflicting
irreversible dammage on historical evidence.
- albert naccache's quote from archeologia, #318 dec 1995
- albert naccache's comments of december 5, 1995
- elie wardini's answer and preliminary comments after visiting beirut, summer 1995.
- beirut shows its age as archaeologists
dig. wire service article, aug 30, 1995.
- pierre naccache's comments on the report
of unesco director's visit to beirut.
- archeology criticism angers
lebanon wire service article 950623.
- letter to mr. federico mayor, director general
of unesco june 22, 1995
- al hayat june 17, 1995 - part
1 (198k jpeg) - part
2 (177k jpeg) report on the excavations.
- al
hayat june 21, 1995 (210k jpeg) interview with mr. michel edde, minister of
culture and higher education.
- proposal: letter to director-general of unesco
-
a short article on emergency archaeology during reconstruction.
- quotes from articles in le monde
- article from the
beirut daily al-nahar (february 1995)
- ancient beirut vs beirut development
- re: ancient beirut vs beirut development (news report)
- re: ancient beirut vs beirut development
(hans h. curvers)
- re: ancient beirut vs beirut development
(hans h. curvers)
- ancient beirut
- an article from the independent
- un rempart de l'age de bronze
decouvert dans le centre-ville
- barbarians on bulldozers in beirut
-
beirut's treasures saved from the bulldozers
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