Byblos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lebanon, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with evidence of settlement dating back around 8,000 years to Neolithic fishermen communities. This ancient coastal port played a pivotal role in Phoenician civilization as a major maritime trading hub, particularly for cedar wood, and is closely linked to the development and spread of the Phoenician alphabet, from which the modern alphabet derives. Its archaeological site features layered ruins spanning millennia, including Bronze Age temples, a Phoenician necropolis, Roman structures, Byzantine churches, and a prominent Crusader citadel.