Byblos is just north of Beirut, on the Mediterranean Sea, in Lebanon.

 

It is believed to have been founded around 5000 BC. It may have been built by Cronus as the first city in Phoenicia. It is believed to be the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world.

 

Byblos is mentioned in the Bible in 1 Kings 5:18, referring to the the builders of Solomon's Temple, and also in Ezekiel 27:9, in reference to the riches of Tyre.