The Ancient Egyptians' Travels to the Phoenician Coastal City of Byblos

Abstract

Abstract: There were many travels and journeys that the ancient Egyptians did to the coastal cities in the easternMediterranean. One of the most important cities of that region to which the Egyptians travelled was Byblos"Jbail". This paper aims mainly to try to identify the true reason behind the Egyptians' travels to Byblos. Inaddition to that, the paper, through the archaeological, textual, and pictorial evidences, sheds some light on theEgyptians' transportations means to Byblos, the route or the sea lane through which they used to go there, as wellas the influences of such Egyptians' travels on the Byblite community.