Equally unsettling was the map of the Middle ... diversity: a Roman legion bolstered by Palmyran archers defending a town where business was done in Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Middle Persian, Parthian, ...

Whatever the reasons for its inception, the wall stood as one of the largest construction projects carried out in Roman Britain. It was also rebuilt and extended numerous times throughout the Roman ...

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Originally built in AD70 and then expended in AD90 – 120, London’s Roman basilica was a building unlike any other ... We have marked the location on a Google map at the end of this article. The barber ...

The map also includes a depiction of ... the wall also includes the modern Damascus Gate, which was erected on top of the Roman 2nd-century structure. The site was excavated by archaeologists ...

Claiming that the suburb 3km southeast of Damascus is a Druze city under threat, Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Israel Katz instructed their troops to “prepare to defend” Jaramana.

The latest attacks came a week after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel demanded the demilitarization of much of southern Syria, stoking fears of conflict with the country’s new leadership.

Hasan Zaheda plays basketball with his son Riad in the courtyard of their house in Rome, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ...

In the age of misinformation, the Damascus Blood Libel sheds light on the harm that can be created by rumors. The first "fake news" of the modern era and its impact on the lives of Damascus Jews ...

Syria has deployed security forces in Jaramana, a suburb of Damascus, to restore order after a dispute at a checkpoint led to the killing of a Syrian security officer and the injury of another by ...

Pier Paolo Petrone In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby ancient Roman city of Pompeii and the smaller town of Herculaneum under deadly layers of volcanic ash, pumice and ...

Damascenes are experiencing the first Holy Month of Ramadan without the al-Assad family in more than five decades. Bashar al-Assad, who took over from his father Hafez, was the last of the family ...