Elias Ziade

Previously known as Elie plus

19 years on Wikipedia, mostly chasing the parts of Lebanese history that don't make it into the textbooks: off-the-beaten-track ancient sanctuaries, flong-forgotten turn-of-the-century journalists, female artists who shaped local culture and rarely get a Wikipedia page. Core topics: the Ancient and Roman Eastern Mediterranean, Phoenicia, Canaan, and monotheistic mythology, with occasional detours into evolutionary psychology, local flora, and whatever film or music rabbit hole I've fallen into.

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#	Feature date	Role	Did you know
61	15 May 2026	Created	... that the Crusader castle of Smar Jbeil was built atop a Roman-period necropolis?
60	10 November 2025	Created	... that George Lutfallah sought to use his wealth to become king of Lebanon, viewing his presidential candidacy as a stepping stone to that goal?
59	2 November 2025	Created	... that the Sursock bronze (pictured) was discovered in a damaged state with hacked parts, possibly after being vandalized by early Christian iconoclasts?
58	13 October 2025	Created	... that the ependytes, originally a Persian male tunic, became a luxury fashion statement in classical Athens, where it was worn by women and children?
57	8 June 2025	Created	... that Blu Fiefer began incorporating pole dancing into her live performances after she visited a strip club in London?
56	7 May 2025	Created	... that the 2nd-century BC Aramaic inscription of Yanouh is the first attested use of Aramaic as a public language in Mount Lebanon?
55	23 April 2025	Created	... that Lebanese actress Cynthya Karam volunteers as a clown doctor in children's hospitals?
54	2 April 2025	Created	... that Baabda residents collectively purchased the Seraglio of Baabda for 1,000 gold Ottoman liras in the late 19th century to gift to the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate government?
53	28 March 2025	Ceated	... that the French Jesuit priest and archaeologist René Mouterde contributed to the documentation of 3,405 Greek and Latin inscriptions from Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria?
52	20 March 2025	Created	... that the library of the Institut Français d'Archéologie de Beyrouth contained about 24,000 volumes by 1970?
51	13_March_2025	Created	... that the undisturbed Bronze Age necropolis of Byblos was discovered in 2019 during excavations of a previously unexplored area of the ancient city?
50	28 February 2025	GA	... that the Mazarrón I shipwreck combines Phoenician and local Iberian shipbuilding techniques?
49	11 January 2025	GA	... that the Mseilha Fort is strategically located to overlook the crossing of the Jaouz River near Ras ash-Shaq'a, a promontory in Lebanon?
48	22 December 2024	Created	... that the Museiliha inscription hints at a border dispute between ancient Caesarea ad Libanum and Gigarta?
47	4 December 2024	Created	... that Gigarta, a settlement mentioned by[St rabo] and Pliny the Elder, is believed to have been located on the slopes of Mount Lebanon, although its exact location remains under debate?'
46	5 June 2024	Created	... that according to second-century AD Greek rhetorician Athenaeus, the Phoenicians played a flute-like instrument called the gingras in their mourning rituals?
45	15 April 2024	Created	... that alongside a 7th-century BC Phoenician shipwreck, two additional wrecks from various historical periods were unearthed in Bajo de la Campana, situated off the coast of Cartagena, Spain?
44	30 January 2024	Created	... that pioneering bodybuilder Hippolyte Triat was kidnapped by vagabonds at the age of six and sold to a troupe of Italian acrobats?
43	19_December_2023	GA	... that the sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II (pictured), the Phoenician king of Sidon, is one of only three ancient Egyptian sarcophagi unearthed outside Egypt?
42	5 October 2023	Created	... that the royal necropolis of Ayaa in Sidon, Lebanon, was accidentally discovered in the late 19th century by a workman who stumbled upon a shaft and chamber tomb while quarrying for stone?
41	16 September 2023	Created	... that archaeological excavations in the historic town of Kharayeb revealed a rural settlement with a complex system of cisterns and a Phoenician temple?
40	3 September 2023	Created	... that the deity of the Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb remains unidentified due to the absence of names of specific gods in unearthed inscriptions?
39	23 August 2023	Created	... that favissae were underground pits dedicated to the disposal of votive offerings that were no longer in use?
38	30 June 2023	Created	... that parts of the Marsala Punic shipwreck were marked with alphabetical signs intended to facilitate and speed up assembly?
37	24 January 2023	Created	... that the work of Danish plant physiologist Peter Boysen Jensen paved the way to the discovery of the plant growth hormone, auxin?
36	17 January 2023	Created	... that Chekri Ganem's play Antar was described as the most significant display of Arab nationalism organized outside the Arab world?
35	10 January 2023	Created	... that the first day of filming of the psychological thriller Farah coincided with the beginning of the 2019 Lebanese protests?
34	9_April_2022	Created	... that the royal necropolis of Byblos was discovered in 1922 due to a heavy rain-triggered landslide, which uncovered an unspoiled royal tomb in the seaside cliff of Byblos?
33	7_April_2022	Created	... that Lebanese actress Takla Chamoun stoically refused to cancel a play showing after being informed that her mother had died?
32	30_August_2021	Created	... that coins issued by Baalshillem II, the Phoenician king of Sidon, were the first Sidonian coins to bear minting dates corresponding to the king's year of reign?
31	4 August 2021	Created	... that Eshmunazar I, Phoenician king of Sidon, participated in the Neo-Babylonian campaigns against Egypt, where he seized stone sarcophagi belonging to members of the Egyptian elite?
30	19 May 2021	Created	... that the Romans copied the Phoenician joints technique from a Punic warship that ran aground in 264 BC?
29	24 April 2021	Created	... that Syrian-Lebanese poet Maha Bayrakdar won the Miss Syria beauty pageant in 1967?
28	25 December 2020	Created	... that Giovanni Garbini's studies helped scholars interpret the biblical narrative in the larger context of the history of the ancient Near East?
27	10 December 2020	Created	... that orientalist Giuseppe Furlani organized the first and only Italian archaeological excavation in Mesopotamia?
26	6 December 2020	Created	... that despite ample epigraphic evidence mentioning his name, nothing is known about Phoenician king Yatonmilk's reign?
25	1 December 2020	Created 5x expanded	... that Bodashtart, King of Sidon, left some 30 dedicatory inscriptions at the Temple of Eshmun?
24	20 November 2020	Created	... that the Gozo Phoenician shipwreck excavation is the first maritime archaeological survey to explore sunken vessels beyond a depth of 100 metres (330 ft)?
23	12 October 2020	Created	... that French historian Josette Elayi was made a knight of the Legion of Honour by the French government for her works on Phoenician history?
22	7 August 2020	Created	... that after being squatted by hundreds of refugees, the 18th-century Debbane Palace was restored to its former state and turned into a private museum?
21	3 January 2020	Created	... that professors at the Roman law school of Beirut drafted parts of the Corpus Juris Civilis, a fundamental work in Roman jurisprudence?
20	18 September 2019	Created	... that the Roman temple of Bziza (pictured), dedicated to the Semitic god Azizos, was converted to a church by the Byzantines?
19	14 January 2017	Created	... that an extract of Alchemilla diademata, a plant endemic to Lebanon, shows antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus?
18	11 March 2016	Created	... that Al-Hoda, established by Naoum Mokarzel in 1898, was the longest-running Arabic newspaper in the United States?
17	2 March 2016	Created	... that the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon led to the highest death toll by population of the First World War?
16	9 January 2016	Created	... that The Human Comedy (pictured) by French sculptor Ernest Christophe inspired Baudelaire's poem "The Mask"?
15	23 April 2013	Created	... that the jurists of the ancient Law School of Beirut played a major part in drafting the Justinian body of civil law?
14	23 April 2013	Created	... that to finance the completion of the Petit Serail, the Wāli of Syria had to take a loan, mortgage public buildings and impose new taxes?
13	15 April 2013	Created	... that the Puits d'amour pastry caused scandal in 18th century France because of the erotic connotation of its name?
12	11 April 2013	Created	... that Beirut's Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral sits on the vestiges of three earlier church structures dating back as early as the 5th century AD?
11	7 March 2013	Created	... that the residence of the French ambassador to Lebanon was originally intended to serve as a casino?
10	12 October 2010	Created	... that the controversial Lebanese rock band Mashrou' Leila started out as a music workshop at a local university?
9	27 September 2010	Created	... that the 73.8-metre (242 ft) tall Cross of All Nations located near the Lebanese town of Baskinta is the largest lit cross in the world?
8	19 September 2010	Created	... that the cathedra at Beirut's Saint George Maronite Cathedral is the armchair used by Pope John Paul II during his 1997 visit to Lebanon?
7	16 September 2010	Created	... that Alice of Champagne the widowed Queen Consort of Cyprus married Bohemond V of Antioch on the Palm Island offshore of Tripoli in 1224?
6	9 August 2010	Created	... that before becoming a museum, Beit Beirut (pictured) was a vantage point for sniping and a combat zone during the Lebanese Civil War?
5	10 October 2009	5x expanded	... that the Cypriot women's basketball team was disqualified at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie for exceeding the permitted number of naturalized players?
4	23 November 2009	Created	... that the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, a precursor of the modern state of Lebanon, was created in the aftermath of the 1860 massacre where thousands of Christians were killed by the Druze?
3	17 June 2008	5x expanded GA	... that Jeita Grotto (statue pictured) in Lebanon has the world's longest stalactite, at 8.2 m (27 ft)?
2	23 April 2008	5x expanded GA	...that the inscription on King Ahiram's sarcophagus housed in the National Museum of Beirut* is the earliest known example of alphabetical writing?*
1	1 March 2008	Created	... that eight well preserved Maronite mummies* dating back to the 13th century were uncovered by speleologists in the Qadisha Valley, Lebanon?*

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