Tartej

Tartej (Arabic: ترتج) is a village in the Byblos District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon.

Tartej dates back to the antiquity ages, indications of important examples are the ancient pagan temples, shrines, the writings on the rocks, traces of Phoenician, traces of Roman iron mines, and the ruins of the Temple of God Avlij.

Also noting that the Phoenician alphabet that we use today was first found on King Ahiram of Byblos sarcophagus that was sculpted in limestone extracted from Tartej.

Tartej is located in northeastern area of the Byblos District, in the Mount Lebanon Governorate.

The largest clans in Tartej are Aoun, Chalhoub, Rkaiby, Sadek, Awwad and Bchara.