 Other artifacts of note are the naturally preserved Maronite mummies of ‘Assi el Hadath cave in the Qadisha valley and the frescoed tomb of Tyre.The museum was designed in a French inspired Egyptian revival architecture by the architects Antoine Nahas and Pierre Leprince Ringuet, and built with Lebanese ochre limestone.It comprises a basement, a ground floor, a mezzanine floor and a terrace; the central block is covered by a glass roof, above the mezzanine, giving natural overhead light.