(EN) Michael Dumper, Bruce E. Stanley e Janet L. Abu-Lughod, Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, ABC-CLIO, 2006, p. 104, ISBN 1-57607-919-8. URL consultato il 22 luglio 2009.
«Archaeological excavations at Byblos indicate that the site has been continually inhabited since at least 5000 B.C.»