Ras Baalbek I ( ar, رأس بعلبك) is a rock shelter east of Ras Baalbek in the northern Beqaa Valley in

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. It sits north of the Wadi Teniyet er-Râs valley at a height of . It was first discovered by

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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

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period.

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{{Portal, Lebanon, History, Asia 1965 archaeological discoveries Baalbek District Archaeological sites in Lebanon Great Rift Valley Neolithic settlements Rock shelters