Showing posts with the label Syria

Limes Arabicus, The Chain of Fortifications That Protected The Roman Territory From Desert Tribes

Mar 23, 2023

When we talk about "limes", we usually think of the limits of the Roman Empire in northern Europe, in Germania or Britain. But in ...

Simeon Stylites: The Ascetic Who Lived Atop a Pillar For 37 Years

Jul 6, 2022

Many monks and hermits go to great lengths to deny themselves of simple pleasures in order to atone their sins and pursue spiritual goals. S...

The Great Colonnade at Apamea

Jul 14, 2020

One of the main characteristics of the most important cities of Antiquity in the Hellenistic kingdoms, first, and in the Roman territories o...

Abu Hureyra, The Place Where Humans Became Farmers

Jan 28, 2020

Civilization is said to have begun independently across the world at six sites, dubbed the “cradle of civilization. Two of these are in the ...

The Norias of Hama

Jun 19, 2017

The norias of the ancient Syrian city of Hama are seventeen historic waterwheels located along the Orontes River that date back to the Byzan...

The Dead Cities of Syria

Aug 19, 2016

Scattered across the vast Limestone Massif, in the northwest of Syria, between the Orontes and Afrin Rivers to the west and the Aleppo/Hama ...

Before & After Photos of Syria Reveals War’s Destructive Effects

Aug 10, 2016

The historic city of Aleppo, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world, lies in ruins today. The civil war in Syria, whi...

Syrian Refugees Build Miniature Replicas of Country’s Destroyed Monuments

Jan 28, 2016

As war rages on in Syria, it’s only the people that refugee camps could provide protection to. The homes, the cities, the culture and the hi...

11 Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities in the World

Jul 2, 2012

Ever since man learned to grow their own food and rear cattle, they have been living in permanent to semi-permanent settlements with certain...