Step into the world of traditional blade-making and explore the intricate process of forging Damascus steel machetes, crafted from humble sling steel and paired with durable buffalo horn handles to ...

with a history stretching back thousands of years. Besides Damascus, other key cities include Aleppo, known for its historic ...

Reason for Designation: The ancient site preserves the architecture, art, and ambience of what may be the world’s oldest city. Even in a land as ancient as the Middle East the city of Damascus ...

History of Damascus Steel It was during the times of Alexander the Great — and later, the Crusades — that Damascus steel earned its mythical reputation. Middle Eastern blacksmiths used special steel ...

Ancient history is packed with legends, ... In ancient and medieval times, Damascus steel blades achieved legendary status, often costing the equivalent of your daily driver or more.

A contractor in Syria discovered an ancient underground Byzantine tomb complex believed to be 1,500 years old below a destroyed home. The grave site was found last month in the town of Maarat al ...

DAMASCUS, Va. — A Damascus historian is giving residents and visitors another good reason to walk or bike through what’s been dubbed “the friendliest town on the Appalachian Trail ...

Syrian folk dancers perform in Damascus in this photo taken in the 1960s. Photograph by FRANK AND HELEN SCHREIDER, Nat Geo Image Collection See Vintage Pictures of Syria's Ancient History ...

The Syrian presidency unveiled the country's new national emblem Thursday during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in ...

We went to Damascus, to trace Ibn Jubayr’s journey, and explore the areas he documented. The great Umayyad mosque The majestic Umayyad mosque was completed in the year 715 by the sixth Umayyad ...