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Umm al-Amad

حامول, Lebanon

Umm al-Amad

Umm Al Amad (Arabic: ام العمد, romanized: Umm al-ʿAmad), or Umm el 'Amed or al Auamid or el-Awamid, is an Hellenistic period archaeological site near the town of Naqoura in Lebanon. It was discovered by Europeans in the 1770s, and was excavated in 1861. It is one of the most excavated archaeological

sites in the Phoenician heartland.

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