Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to the site of the ancient city of Hama, a region that was occupied for ...

A Near Eastern archaeologist, Schwartz studies how early urban areas developed throughout Syria and how smaller cities emerged in the region. With colleagues from the University of Amsterdam, he ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

A Byzantine-era Christian burial site unearthed in Maarat al-Numan, Syria, contains ancient crosses, graves and artifacts, highlighting Idlib province's rich archaeological heritage of many sites.

Oldest known alphabet unearthed in ancient Syrian city. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 11 / 241120193145.htm ...

The team has been involved in a 16-year archaeological excavation at Tell Umm-el Marra, one of the first medium-sized ancient urban centres known to have popped up in western Syria.

Idlib "has a third of the monuments of Syria, containing 800 archaeological sites in addition to an ancient city”, Mr al-Ismail said. open image in gallery A guard inspects an engraved stone in ...

A contractor in Syria discovered an ancient underground Byzantine tomb complex believed to be 1,500 years old below a destroyed home. The grave site was found last month in the town of Maarat al ...

Syria hopes tourists will return to Palmyra, scarred by war Before 2015, Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...