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Archaeologists tout major find in Tyre Mohammed Zaatari Daily Star correspondent A Japanese archaeological mission engaged in the excavation of Tyre’s historical past for the last three years has discovered what could be the temple of the sun god once worshipped by the Romans. The archaeologists found a temple topped by a circle which depicts the sun. Small cultic figurines were found at the site, but as yet, no large statue has been found. Many of the Roman gods worshipped in the Eastern Mediterranean were identified with older, Phoenician gods, and their worship was frequently conducted on the sites of...

An Iraqi opponent found hung with Tyr (Lebanon southern) Wednesday December 04, 2002 - 19h33 GMT TYR (Lebanon), 4 déc (AFP) - the body of an Iraqi opponent, bearing of the traces of blows of iron bar, was found hung Wednesday in the harbour city of Tyr, to 80 km in the south of Beirut, announced the police force. Walid Ibrahim Mayahi, 34 years, researcher in cultural Ensemble and Islamic Al-Sadr, was hung with a cord in one of the five rooms of the center. "the head of the victim carries the traces of blows of an iron bar",...

<p>The desert winds swept over the sands and out to the sea. Waters churned and the ships, loaded with wine from the ancient city of Tyre, tumbled in the storm.</p> <p>Swamped, the Tanit and Elissa foundered around 800 B.C., coming to rest upright some 1,300 feet under the Mediterranean, too deep for recovery.</p>