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The villages of Haqel and Hjoula, located in the mountains of Jbeil, preserve fossil fish quarries that are 200 to 100 million years old (from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods).

These fossils were formed after the death of organisms that were quickly covered by several layers of sediment, thus facilitating their preservation. Later, the seabed rose to form the mountains.

In these quarries, more than 400 species of fish and 50 species of crustaceans are found. Some crustaceans still exist, such as shrimp, while others have disappeared.

About Byblos

The city of Jbeil is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world. 8,000 years ago, it was a fishermen village that grew afterwards to a large Canaanite and then Phoenician city. Later on, it was turned into a Roman agglomeration whose many vestiges can still be observed, suggesting an ancient richness. An important Crusader city, Jbeil was fortified by the still-visible rampart within the walls of which a castle and a cathedral were built. During the Ottoman period, the city had a souk, large houses with red-tiled roofs and mosques.