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	Although Sidon was certainly one of the most important coastal towns of ancient Phoenicia, and is referred to in Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian and Greek sources, we have little information about the topography of the city in ancient times... our ignorance about ancient Sidon stems from the fact that there has been relatively little excavation.
	Dr. John Curtis, Keeper of the Department of the Ancient Near East at the British Museum

	Excavating in Sidon would not have been possible without the help and support of the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities and we are very grateful to its Director, Mr. Frederic Husseini, for his outstanding support.