Talk:Royal necropolis of Byblos

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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 8, 2022. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the royal necropolis of Byblos* was discovered in 1922 due to a heavy rain-triggered landslide, which uncovered an unspoiled royal tomb in the seaside cliff of Byblos?*
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... that the Royal necropolis of Byblos was discovered in 1922 due to a heavy rain-triggered landslide, uncovering an unspoiled royal tomb in the seaside cliff of Byblos? Source: *Dussaud, René (1956). "L'oeuvre scientifique syrienne de M.Charles Virolleaud". Syria. Archéologie, Art et histoire. 33 (1): 8–12. doi:10.3406/syria.1956.5186. Dussaud p.10
Virolleaud, Charles (1922). "Découverte a Byblos d'un hypogée de la douziéme dynastie égyptienne" [Discovery in Byblos of a Hypogeum of the twelfth Egyptian dynasty]. Syria (in French). 3 (4): 273–290. doi:10.3406/syria.1922.8851. ISSN 0039-7946. JSTOR 4195157 – via JSTOR. Virolleaud p.1

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Created by Elias Ziade (talk). Self-nominated at 14:29, 15 March 2022 (UTC).Reply

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