Athens-based independent scholar Demetrius Savvides has shown that in Amphipolis, northern Greece, where the Kastas Monument ...

The U.S. flag has been hoisted outside of the long-shuttered ambassador’s residence in Damascus. It's a sign of growing ties ...

Honoring the late Rabbi Abraham Hamra, the chief rabbi of Syrian Jewry, the library unveiled several of the 12 fragile ...

The Jewish community in Syria has shrunk to just a handful of people nowadays — Bakr ALKASEM A group of Syrian-American Jews prayed in a synagogue in Damascus on Tuesday, an AFP photographer reported, ...

Ancient Roman architecture used new materials ... final product could help create a more ideal society. Apollodorus of Damascus After Vitruvius, there were many architects who helped Rome grow.

One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus boasts an extraordinary mix of ancient and modern architecture. The city is home to the iconic Umayyad Mosque, the lively ...

Damascus, SANA-The Great Mosque of Bani Umayyah in Damascus is considered the fourth most famous Islamic mosque, one of the most luxurious Islamic mosques, and one of the seven wonders of Islam in ...

Damascus SANA- Step through the ancient gates of Damascus Old City ... and ideas that once filled its courtyards. The Khan’s architecture is a captivating fusion of Ottoman imperial style ...

Credit: Flickr / Mr Gs Travels CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The ancient ... architecture is at centre of Europe’s visual allure. Sophisticated Roman structures have survived hundreds of centuries without ...

It seemed an ideal time. The Jewish Quarter of Damascus is located in the old city. There were 50,000 Jews in Syria at the beginning of the 20th century – an ancient and historic community ...

Furthermore, the ancient southern Syrian regions of Batanea ... "The local inhabitants, however, developed their own artistic expression in sculpture and architecture using the dark indigenous basalt ...