Une nécropole royale à Sidon

book by Hamdi Bey and Reinach

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The book "Une Nécropole royale à Sidon" (A Royal Necropolis at Sidon) by Osman Hamdi Bey and Théodore Reinach details the excavation of a royal burial site in Sidon, an ancient Phoenician city on the coast of Lebanon. This necropolis yielded numerous sarcophagi, including those of Sidonian kings Eshmunazar and Tennes, and the famous "Alexander" sarcophagus, now housed in Istanbul. These artifacts are significant examples of Greek art from the 5th and 4th centuries BCE. Sidon itself was a prosperous city, frequently mentioned in ancient texts and ruled by various empires before its eventual decline.12

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…Bey’s account of the excavation, Une Nécropole royale à Sidon (“A Royal Necropolis at Sidon”), cowritten by Théodore Reinach, was published in 1892.
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…Bey’s account of the excavation, Une Nécropole royale à Sidon (“A Royal Necropolis at Sidon”), cowritten by Théodore Reinach, was published in 1892.
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