Building
Ain Dara
Ain Dara was one of the finest Syro-Hittite religious complexes in the ancient Near East — a basalt…
Region
Syria
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Tradition
Aleppo soap
A handmade hard bar soap crafted from olive oil and laurel berry oil, Aleppo soap represents centuries of…
Zone
Ancient Aleppo
The 11th–16th-century heart of Aleppo: a UNESCO site of covered markets, mansions and caravanserais that embodied medieval Islamic…
Tradition
Arabic kohl
A mineral-based cosmetic tradition across the Arab world, kohl is crushed and applied to the eyes as beauty…
Building
Baqirha
An ancient Syrian settlement preserving Roman temples and early Byzantine churches within the UNESCO-listed Dead Cities of northern…
Building
Bara, Syria
A former "Dead City" in northwestern Syria's Zawiya Mountain, Bara lies between Hama and Aleppo as a historic…
Area
Bosra (II sec.): il teatro romano in basalto nero (Bosra, Siria)
Costruita con la dura pietra vulcanica nera del Hauran, Bosra fu capitale della provincia romana d'Arabia e tappa…
Area
Dead Cities
A landscape of 700 abandoned settlements across northwestern Syria preserves rural Byzantine life through well-preserved churches, dwellings, temples…
Zone
Dura-Europos — The Pompeii of the Syrian Desert
Founded by one of Alexander the Great’s generals on the middle Euphrates, Dura-Europos was a Silk Road frontier…
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