🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Dium (Coele-Syria)
Dium or Dion (Ancient Greek: Δῖον) or Dia (Δία) was a city in ancient Coele-Syria mentioned by numerous ancient writers.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Arwad
Arwad (Phoenician: 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤃, romanized: ʾrwd; Arabic: أرواد, romanized: ʾArwād), the classical Aradus, is a town in Syria on an eponymous island in the Mediterranean Sea.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Al-Nayrab
Al-Nayrab (Arabic: النيرب) is a town in Syria, to the south-east of the city of Aleppo in northern Syria.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Amrit
Amrit (Arabic: عمريت) is a small village near Tartus, in south-western Syria. It lies on the site of the ancient Marathus (Ancient Greek: Μάραθος, Marathos), a Phoenician port located near…
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Baqirha
Baqirha (also spelled Bāķirḥā) was an ancient settlement in the Dead Cities area in northwestern Syria.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Al-Jarud
al-Jārūd was a small-town in the Wadi Hamar area, about 40 km east of the Balikh River in present-day Syria, inhabited during the 9th century.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Babisqa
Babisqa (بابسقا) is a village in the Dead Cities of northwestern Syria. Its archaeological remains include two churches, large and small public baths, and a marketplace as well as unidentified…
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Fafertin
Fafertin (Arabic: فافرتين; Kurdish: Fafirtîn) is a village in northwestern Syria, located in the Jebel Sem'an region of the Dead Cities.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Capitolias
Capitolias (Ancient Greek: Καπιτωλιάς, romanized: Kapitolias) was an ancient city east of the Jordan River, and is identified with the modern village of Beit Ras in the Irbid Governorate in northern…
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Kfar Giladi
Kfar Giladi (Hebrew: כפר גלעדי, lit. 'Giladi Village') is a kibbutz in the Galilee Panhandle of northern Israel.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Al-Hira
Al-Hira (Arabic: الحيرة, romanized: al-Ḥīra Middle Persian: Hērt ) was an ancient city and a major metropolis located in Mesopotamia, in what is now south-central Iraq.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Al-Karak
Al-Karak (Arabic: الكرك), in English sources often simply Karak, is a city in Jordan known for its medieval Kerak Castle, which is one of the three largest in the region, the other two being in Syria.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Berytus
Berytus (; Phoenician: 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤕, romanized: Beʾerūt; Ancient Greek: Βηρυτός, romanized: Bērytós; Latin: Bērȳtus; Arabic: بَيرُوتَ), briefly known as Laodicea in Phoenicia (Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκεια ἡ…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Bodai
Bodai (Arabic: بوداي) is a Lebanese town in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, situated west of the Litani River in the foothills of Mount Lebanon.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Fortress
Citadel of Erbil
The Citadel of Erbil (Kurdish: قەڵای هەولێر Qelay Hewlêr, Arabic: قلعة اربيل, romanized: Qal'at Erbīl), locally called Qellat, is a tell or occupied mound, and the historical city centre of Erbil in…
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Fortress
Dhat al-Hajj
Dhat al-Hajj is an archaeological site in the Tabuk Province of Saudi Arabia, located north of Tabuk and 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) south of the border with Jordan.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Helam
Helam (Hebrew: חֵילָם / חֵלָאם, ḥêlām; meaning "stronghold", or "place of abundance") is a Hebrew Bible place name.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Iraq ed-Dubb
Iraq ed-Dubb, or the Cave of the Bear, is an early Neolithic archeological site 7 km (4.3 mi) northwest of Ajlun in the Jordan Valley, in modern-day Jordan.