Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, specializing in swords and lace. The ...

Metallurgists have puzzled for several centuries as to how the unique patterns on the ancient Damascus blades were formed. Using a modern metallurgical computational software package, the relevant ...

Edition de Mai 1942." Labeled in pencil "Plan 4". 2023 45COM 7A.42 - Ancient City of Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 20bis) 2023 45COM 7A.46 - General Decision on the World Heritage properties of ...