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       "The promontory of Jbeil on the northern coast of Lebanon, squeezed between the mountains and the sea, was the place where from the 7th millennium BCE a human community of fisherman and agriculturalists gave rise to one of the most durable settlements of the Levant." The Egyptians called it Kepny  (kpn), the Mesopotamian empires referred to  Gubla (Akkadian), and neighbouring Phoenicians knew it as Gebal  ( gbl). These names probably stem from the root-syllables gib  meaning 'well' and el or 'god', after a deep fresh-water well in the centre of the headland. There was a Bronze Age temple constructed immediately west of this vital resource. The ancient site is more commonly named Byblos , after its Greco-Roman title, and follows the Greek word for 'papyrus'. The city became famous for its importation of this original paper-making reed from the Nile River in Egypt and then distributing the precious rolls all over the Mediterranean. This correspond