Mission de Phénicie written by Ernest Renan, published by Imprimerie impériale in Paris 1864, and republished by Beyrouth in 1997.
In October 1860 Renan was entrusted with an archaeological mission to Lebanon. The Phoenician inscriptions that he discovered were published in his Mission de Phénicie (1864–74; “Phoenician Expedition”).
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