The Al-Bass Tyre necropolis is an ancient site in the city of Tyre, Lebanon.

Discovered in 1962, it consists of hundreds of stone and marble sarcophagi from the Roman and Byzantine eras.^[1] Several tombs have Greek inscriptions or the names of those buried there, or their trade such as "wealthy purple dye manufacturer." ^[2] Others have sculpted reliefs of works from Homer and others.

On September 26, 2003, U.S. Ambassador Vincent M. Battle and Minister of Culture Ghazi Aridi completed an agreement stipulating that the U.S. government would provide $30,640 toward conservation efforts.^[3]

South of the necropolis is the partially reconstructed Roman hippodrome discovered in 1967

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