Cedars of Lebanon

The Cedars of Lebanon are evergreen coniferous trees growing up to 40 meters tall, with trunk of up to 2.5 meters in diameter. In early days, the Mount Lebanon chain used to be almost completely covered with cedars. These trees has always been a national emblem of Lebanon, in fact a cedar tree is in the middle of the Lebanese flag.

Since ancient times, these trees has always been significant to the people in the middle east. The Egyptian used its resin to mummify their dead, others burned cedars during offerings and ceremonies and also for medicinal purposes. It was also used for shipbuilding during those times.

Today, Cedars of Lebanon are most sought after because of it's good quality of wood - hard, fragrant, resistance to insects and humidity and temperature. This resulted to decreasing numbers of cedars trees in the region.

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