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 The citizens of
ancient Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon used "cedrus libani" to build houses and fashion
masts for their ships. From Lebanon's cedar forests, King Solomon got the timber
to build his temple
and palace in Jerusalem, while the Egyptian Pharaohs used
the wood to carve their sarcophagi and
sun-ships. Also, Phoenicians and Greeks
used its wood through the centuries in their homes, temples,
sarcophagi, and
galleys.
Other cedar
forests are found also in Tannourine North Lebanon (largest with more than
15,000),
Jaj and Barouk, Mount Lebanon and several other places with heights
over 3000 ft (1000 meters)
from sea level.
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