Palmyra (; Palmyrene: 𐡶𐡣𐡬𐡥𐡴 () Tadmor; Arabic: تَدْمُر Tadmur) is an ancient Semitic city in present-day Homs Governorate, Syria.
Apamea, on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city.
Mari was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Its remains constitute a tell located 11 kilometers north-west of Abu Kamal on…
Krak des Chevaliers or Crac des Chevaliers, also called Ḥiṣn al-Akrād and formerly Crac de l'Ospital, is a Crusader castle in Syria and one…
Dura-Europos, also spelled Dura-Europus, was a Hellenistic, Parthian and Roman border city built on an escarpment 90 metres above the…
Urkesh or Urkish is a tell, or settlement mound, located in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern…
The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites is one of the oldest surviving church complexes, having been started in the 5th century.
Bāb Antakiya is a critical defense gate in Aleppo, and protects the city from the west.
The Temple of Bel, sometimes also referred to as the "Temple of Baal", was an ancient temple located in Palmyra, Syria.