Tags: World Heritage Site.
The Cedars of God (Arabic: أرز الربّ Horsh Arz el-Rab Cedars of the Lord) is one of the last vestiges of the extensive forests of the Cedars of Lebanon (Cedrus libani ) that thrived across Mount Lebanon in ancient times. Their timber was exploited by the Assyrians Babylonians and Persians as well as the Phoenicians. The wood was prized by Egyptians for shipbuilding; the Ottoman Empire also used the cedars in railway construction.
