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Ras Baalbek I

Ras Baalbek I is a rock shelter 500 m (1, 600 ft) east of Ras Baalbek in the northern Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. It sits north of the Wadi Teniyet er-Râs valley at a height of 1,000 m (3, 300 ft). It was first discovered by Lorraine Copeland and Peter Wescombe in 1965–1966. It was later excavated by Jacques Besançon in 1970. Retouched blades along with a pressure-flaked arrowhead and a burin were found dated to the Neolithic period.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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