Byblos was one of the Phoenician harbors during the Iron Age, for the export of cedar and other valuable wood to Egypt.
See:
- Peter Pfälzner: Levantine Kingdoms of the Late Bronze Age, in: Originalveröffentlichung in: A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (eds. D.T. Potts), Oxford 2012, pp. 770-796
- Byblos, ancient city, Lebanon - https://www.britannica.com/place/Byblos