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Ancient Syria

Tells, Bronze Age capitals and the archaeology of the world's earliest cities.

Damascus Citadel, Syria
UNESCO

Damascus Citadel

The fortress at the city's edge

Old Damascus · Damascus

Bab Sharqi, Syria

Bab Sharqi

The eastern gate

Old Damascus · Damascus

Aleppo Citadel, Syria
UNESCO

Aleppo Citadel

The fortress on the mound

Old Aleppo · Aleppo

Old City Gates of Aleppo, Syria
UNESCOHidden gem

Old City Gates of Aleppo

Where the walls opened

Old Aleppo · Aleppo

Church of Saint Simeon, Syria
UNESCO

Church of Saint Simeon

A great Byzantine pilgrimage church

Saint Simeon Region · Aleppo

Ancient Villages of Northern Syria, Syria
UNESCOHidden gem

Ancient Villages of Northern Syria

The Dead Cities

Saint Simeon Region · Aleppo

Krak des Chevaliers, Syria
UNESCO

Krak des Chevaliers

The great crusader castle

Al-Hosn · Homs

Palmyra, Syria
UNESCO

Palmyra

The Bride of the Desert

Tadmur (Palmyra) · Homs

Apamea, Syria
Hidden gem

Apamea

A colonnade nearly two kilometres long

Qalaat al-Madiq · Hama

Masyaf Castle, Syria

Masyaf Castle

A fortress of the mountain frontier

Masyaf · Hama

Shayzar Castle, Syria
Hidden gem

Shayzar Castle

A ridge above the Orontes

Shayzar · Hama

Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Syria

Ugarit (Ras Shamra)

Where the alphabet was reimagined

Ras Shamra · Latakia

Ras Ibn Hani, Syria
Hidden gem

Ras Ibn Hani

A Bronze Age site on the shore

Latakia · Latakia

Safita Tower, Syria

Safita Tower

A keep above the town

Safita · Tartous

Serjilla, Syria
UNESCOHidden gem

Serjilla

A late-antique village still standing

Serjilla · Idlib

Ebla (Tell Mardikh), Syria

Ebla (Tell Mardikh)

A Bronze Age archive kingdom

Tell Mardikh · Idlib

Al-Bara, Syria
UNESCOHidden gem

Al-Bara

Pyramid tombs among the olives

Jabal Zawiya · Idlib

Jabal Zawiya, Syria
Hidden gem

Jabal Zawiya

The limestone massif

Jabal Zawiya · Idlib

Harim Castle, Syria
Hidden gem

Harim Castle

A fortified mound in the north-west

Harim · Idlib

Bosra al-Sham, Syria
UNESCO

Bosra al-Sham

A black basalt Roman city

Bosra al-Sham · Daraa

Roman Theatre of Bosra, Syria
UNESCO

Roman Theatre of Bosra

Fifteen thousand seats of basalt

Bosra al-Sham · Daraa

Hauran Plain, Syria
Hidden gem

Hauran Plain

Wheat, basalt and old villages

Hauran Plain · Daraa

Shahba (Philippopolis), Syria

Shahba (Philippopolis)

A Roman city founded by an emperor

Shahba · As-Suwayda

Qanawat, Syria
Hidden gem

Qanawat

Temples among oak and water

Qanawat · As-Suwayda

Salkhad, Syria
Hidden gem

Salkhad

A crater-top citadel

Salkhad · As-Suwayda

Abbasid Raqqa, Syria

Abbasid Raqqa

A caliphal city on the Euphrates

Raqqa · Raqqa

Qalaat Jabar, Syria

Qalaat Jabar

A castle on a lake peninsula

Qalaat Jabar · Raqqa

Al-Rusafa (Resafa), Syria
Hidden gem

Al-Rusafa (Resafa)

A walled desert pilgrimage city

Al-Rusafa · Raqqa

Mari (Tell Hariri), Syria

Mari (Tell Hariri)

Palace and archives of the Euphrates

Tell Hariri · Deir ez-Zor

Dura-Europos, Syria
Hidden gem

Dura-Europos

A frontier city above the river

Al-Salihiyah · Deir ez-Zor

Halabiye, Syria
Hidden gem

Halabiye

Byzantine walls at a river gorge

Halabiye · Deir ez-Zor

Euphrates Valley, Syria

Euphrates Valley

A green ribbon through the steppe

Deir ez-Zor · Deir ez-Zor

Tell Brak, Syria

Tell Brak

One of the earliest cities

Tell Brak · Al-Hasakah

Khabur Valley, Syria
Hidden gem

Khabur Valley

The river of the northeast

Khabur Valley · Al-Hasakah

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