Les Animaux du Liban dans l'Antiquite de A a Z (Animals of Lebanon in Antiquity from A to Z) فرنسي - إنكليزي
تاريخ النشر: 01/03/2006
الناشر: Aleph printing
نبذة الناشر:There is abundant archaeological evidence proving that early Man in Lebanon lived side by side with animals of all sorts, wild, domesticated or venerated as gods.
Several millennia ago Man abandoned his tree shelter to seek refuge in a cave. He learned to plant and harvest grain instead of searching ...for his sustenance here and there. He thus discovered Agriculture, a major step in the history of mankind.
He was also able to domesticate the wild animals that abounded in the forest, the boar, the goat, the bull, the dog.
Then Man began to believe in all- powerful force that controlled him and his environment and he began to believe in a life after death.
Five thousand five hundred years ago, during the Chalcolithic Age, a young man was buried in a funerary jar in Byblos. Above him was laid a smaller jar that contained the remains of his dog in order to accompany him in the after- life.
We thus see that Man in Lebanon understood from the earliest times that animals wereessential for his well-being and his survival. إقرأ المزيد