GIORGIO @ THE CEDARS OF GOD ¤ جوقة الأغاپي - أراك إلهي أراك

The Cedars of God (also known as the Cedars of the Lord or Arz el Rab or أرز الربّ in arabic ) are among the last survivors of the immense forests of the Cedars of Lebanon that thrived across Mount Lebanon in ancient times. Their timber was exploited by the Assyrians, Babylonians and Persians as well as the Phoenicians. The wood was especially prized by Egyptians for shipbuilding; Solomon used them in the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem and the Ottoman Empire also used the cedars to build its railroad system