Thirty-seven years later, in 1873, two engineers of the Beirut Water Company, Maxwell and Bliss, made further explorations, discovering the source of the Dog River.

Leaving Beirut, we drove for just thirty minutes along the Mediterranean Sea until we arrived at the Dog River, or Nahr El Kalb as the Arabs call it. The source of this river is found in the caves of Jeita.

This place was the crossroads of the ancient world. Here Pharaohs marched against the Hittites. Syrian kings traveled this route to conquer the cities of Sidon and Tyre. And Roman legions under General Vespasian passed this way to suppress revolt in Jerusalem.