Archaeological Sites in Syria
A'en Darah
Ain Dara is an Iron Age site in northern Syria featuring a Syro-Hittite temple complex located 49 km northwest of Aleppo and 7 km south of Afrin on the Afrin River's east bank [1]. It is…
Apamea
Founded around 300 BC by Seleucus I Nicator on the Orontes River in northwestern Syria and named for his wife Apama. With some 117,000 inhabitants, it was one of the largest Seleucid cities and…
Banias
Banias is an archaeological site in the Golan Heights near a natural spring associated with the Greek god Pan [1]. The spring is the source of the Banias River, one of the main tributaries of the…
Baqirha
An ancient settlement in the Dead Cities area of northwest Syria's limestone massif, occupied from the 2nd to 7th centuries CE. Its oldest structure is a Corinthian tetrastyle prostyle temple built…
Funerary Temple
Funerary temple in Palmyra dating to the 2nd–3rd century AD, featuring a well-preserved portico supported by six columns with Corinthian capitals [1]. The portico leads to a large interior room with…
Husn Suleiman
A Syrian village on the Al-Ansariyah mountains, anciently known as Baetocaece, housing a major temple complex. Originally dedicated to the Phoenician god Baal, the sanctuary was rededicated to…
Kharrab Shams
Kharab Shams (also Kharab al-Shams) is an early Byzantine settlement located in the Dead Cities region of northwestern Syria, flourishing during the late 4th century AD [1]. The archaeological site…
KirkBiza
Qirqbize was an early Byzantine settlement in northwest Syria, one of the Dead Cities of the basalt region. The ruins are significant for early Christianity, containing the earliest preserved house…
Nimrod Fortress
Nimrod Fortress is a medieval castle on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon, overlooking the Golan Heights at 800 m elevation. Built around 1228 by Al-Aziz Uthman, nephew of Saladin, to defend…
Roman Τheatre of Bosra
A remarkably preserved 2nd-century Roman theatre in Bosra, southwestern Syria, likely built during the reign of Trajan. Constructed of black basalt, the theatre seats approximately 15,000 spectators…
Temple of Baalshamin
(2nd c. BC - 131 AD, destroyed 2015) Ancient temple in Palmyra dedicated to Baalshamin, the Canaanite sky deity. Earliest phase dates to the late 2nd century BC. The altar was built in 115 AD.…
Temple of Zeus Theos, Dura Europos
Built in the 2nd century AD, the Temple of Zeus Theos was one of Dura Europos' most important sanctuaries, situated in the city center [1]. The temple complex covered approximately 37 square meters,…
Templo de Bel
The Temple of Bel was an ancient temple in Palmyra, Syria, dedicated to the Mesopotamian god Bel, worshipped there in a triad with the lunar god Aglibol and the sun god Yarhibol [1]. Consecrated in…
Tower of Elahbel
The Tower of Elahbel was a four-storey sandstone tower tomb built outside the city walls of Palmyra in the Valley of the Tombs. It dates to the 1st century AD. The tower is significant in textile…
Traditional Arts Museum
(1st–2nd c. AD) Palmyra, Syria, contains the monumental ruins of a major ancient cultural centre where art and architecture merged Graeco-Roman techniques with local traditions and Persian…
Ugarit
Ugarit was a major ancient port city at Ras Shamra in northern Syria, with Neolithic settlement dating to c. 6500 BC and continuous occupation until its violent destruction around 1200 BC by the Sea…
Zenobia Cham Palace Hotel
(4th-6th c. AD) An early Byzantine settlement located in the Dead Cities region of northwestern Syria. The site features the ruins of an unusually tall basilica, two churches dating to the 4th and…