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Byblos Fossil Museum

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Address
  
Byblos, Lebanon

Phone
  
+961 9 540 555

Hours
  
Open today · 8:30AM–7PMThursday8:30AM–7PMFriday8:30AM–7PMSaturday8:30AM–7PMSunday8:30AM–7PMMonday8:30AM–7PMTuesday8:30AM–7PMWednesday8:30AM–7PM

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Byblos Wax Museum, Lebanese Heritage Museum, Sidon Soap Museum, Byblos Castle, Gibran Museum

Byblos fossil museum lebanon


The Byblos Fossil Museum (aka Memory of Time) is a museum in Byblos, Lebanon. This museum contains fossil collections of sharks, eels, shrimps, squids, rays, coelacanthes and flying fish. It was opened in 1991 and is located in the old souk of Byblos. Most of its collection comes from the nearby villages of Haqel-Byblos, Hjula, and Ennammoura.

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Bony fish fossils

Some of the bony fish fossil genera that can be seen at the museum are: apateopholis, belonostomus, the Cephalophods, coccodus, and ctenothrissa.

References

Byblos Fossil Museum Wikipedia