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🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Al-Nayrab (Arabic: النيرب) is a town in Syria, to the south-east of the city of Aleppo in northern Syria.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Baqirha (also spelled Bāķirḥā) was an ancient settlement in the Dead Cities area in northwestern Syria.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Khan Arnabah also spelt Khan Arnabeh and historically known as al-Uraynba, is a town in southwestern Syria, administratively part of the Quneitra Governorate (Golan Heights), in the portion of the…
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Tall Sulaymānī (Arabic: تل سليماني) is a hill in Syria. It is located in al-Hasakah province, in the northeastern part of the country, 500 kilometers northeast of the capital Damascus.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Fafertin (Arabic: فافرتين; Kurdish: Fafirtîn) is a village in northwestern Syria, located in the Jebel Sem'an region of the Dead Cities.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Tall Al-Hamidiya (also Tell Hamidiya, Tell Hamidiye, and Tell Hamidi) is an ancient Near Eastern archeological site the upper Hābūr region of modern-day Syria in the Al-Hasakah Governorate on a loop…
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Al-Rawda (Arabic: الروضة) is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in the Syrian steppe, east of Hama.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Khan As'ad Pasha (Arabic: خَان أَسْعَد بَاشَا, romanized: Khān ʾAsʿad Bāşā) is the largest caravanserai (khān) in the Old City of Damascus, covering an area of 2,500 square metres (27,000 sq ft).
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Ancient City of Kala Rampart in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Ingoldisthorpe-Low Archaeological Complex in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.