Tyre Necropolis

Tyre Necropolis
The al-Bass archaeological site
Tyre Necropolis is located in Lebanon
Tyre Necropolis
Shown within Lebanon
LocationTyre, Lebanon
Coordinates33°16′20″N 35°12′35″E / 33.27222°N 35.20972°E / 33.27222; 35.20972
Site notes
Excavation dates1997–2008

The al-Bass necropolis is a Lebanese UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the al-Bass archaeological site in the city of Tyre situated next to the el-Buss refugee camp. The necropolis, constituting the principal entrance of the town in antique times, is to be found on either side of a wide Roman and Byzantine avenue dominated by a triumphal arch of the 2nd century. Other important monumental vestiges of this archaeological area are an aqueduct, which carried water to the city, and a 2nd-century hippodrome.