Triumphal Arch of Tyre

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The Triumphal Arch of Tyre is one of the city's most impressive archaeological relics. The arch stands over a long avenue which has a necropolis on either side and sarcophagi dating as early as the 2nd century BCE. The Triumphal Arch had fallen apart but was reconstructed in modern times and today is fairly close to what it probably looked like for the ancient world. The site is named Al-Bass and along with the arch and necropolis are the remains for large aqueducts which carried water to the city as well as the largest, best-preserved Roman hippodrome in the world - larger even than the Circus Maximus in Rome herself. This hippodrome is very unusual in that it is built of stone rather than the usual brick and the acoustics are so good that whispers carry very well from one side to the other.