This article's about the Phoenician city. For other uses, see Byblos (disambiguation) Byblos (Βύβλος)'s the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal (earlier Gubla). It's a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jbeil (جبيل Ǧubayl) and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades. It's believed to have been founded around 5000 BC, and according to fragments attrib… (More on Byblos)