THE TOMB OF HIRAM
This monolithic tomb at Hiram, one of the largest in Lebanon, has a height of 4 m. It rests on a pedestal composed of 3 lay stones. The excavations carried out by French historian and theologian Ernest Renan in the mid th century allowed to discover, at the foot of the monument certainly Phoenician, a vast cave (now blocked), before the tomb himself. The tradition attributed this tomb to Hiram I (one of the three Tyre kings named Hiram) or to Hiram, the king's contemporary architect who was responsible for building the temple of Solomon.
Today, the sarcophagus that has no special protection is covered with graffiti and surrounded by electric wires. The population of the neighbouring village reports that the site was looted during the Israeli invasion.
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