Listed 1 sub titles with search on: Various locations for wider area of: "TYROS Ancient city LEBANON" .
TYROS (Ancient city) LEBANON
Album promontorium (Plin. v. 19. s. 17), was the western extremity of the mountain
range Anti-Libanus, a few miles south of ancient Tyre (Palai-Tyrus). Between the
Mediterranean Sea and the base of the headland Album ran a narrow road, in places
not more than six feet in breadth, cut out of the solid rock, and ascribed, at
least by tradition, to Alexander the Great. This was the communication between
a small fort or castle called Alexandroschene (Scandalium) and the Mediterranean.
(It. Hieros. p. 584.) The Album Promontorium is the modern Cape Blanc, and was
one hour's journey to the north of Ecclippa (Dshib or Zib).
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited October 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Receive our daily Newsletter with all the latest updates on the Greek Travel industry.
Subscribe now!