Medal of Merit to Fadi Baroudy.

His Excellency president Michel Aoun has bestowed the Lebanese Medal of Merit to Mr. Fadi Baroudy, president of the Groupe d’Etudes et de Recherches Souterraines du Liban (GERSL), for his explorations and discoveries during 29 years of the grottos and hermitages of the valley of Qadisha.

Among the multiple discoveries done by Mr. Baroudy, one prominent discovery is the grotto of Assi el-Hadath, which netted a great amounts of artifacts, including mummified bodies, exposed at the National Museum of Beirut.

The Medal of Merit was presented to Mr. Baroudy by the Culture minister. Dr. Ghattas Khoury, during a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Culture, with the presence of friends and family.