Photo: Anas Al Rifai
The Byzantine-era castle in Syria, Fortress of Saladin, is in danger of collapse following the deadly earthquakes in February.
Source: Byzantine-era Castle in Syria at Risk After Earthquake
The Fortress of Saladin is an architectural treasure with Byzantine roots in the 10th century rebuilt by Frankish Crusaders in the 12th century.
Source: Syrian castle among quake-hit UNESCO heritage sites at risk
Photo: Joseph Eid
International cultural body says it will provide assistance amid worries over structural integrity of Aleppo’s old city and Diyarbakir fortress, as well as 3 other locations…
Source: UNESCO sounds alarm over earthquake damage to Turkey, Syria heritage sites
Photo: Hassan Ammar
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Local media agency said that the mass grave was discovered near the second-century Roman amphitheater.
Source: Mass grave of IS victims found in Syria’s Palmyra, says report
Photo: ANSA Med
Sana agency announced on Wednesday that the Roman-era UNESCO heritage monument will be rebuilt by a Russian renovation and archaeological mission after it was destroyed by ISIS in 2015…
Source: Syria: Russia to rebuild monumental arch of Palmyra – Culture – ANSAMed
Photo: Valery Sharifulin
Photo: Carolyn Brown
The exhibition of Carolyn Brown’s photography is on view through January 2.
Source: Step into the Ancient City of Palmyra at the Crow Museum of Asian Art
Strolling through the alleyways of war-torn Syria’s capital, Rania Kataf snaps photos of the city’s famed houses, capturing their nooks and crannies for posterity.
Source: Syrians bid to restore original beauty of damaged Damascus buildings
Clutching a small saw, Syrian volunteer Rana Jreij cut away at bushes growing up the centuries-old walls of one of the world’s most famous Crusader castles, Krak des Chevaliers.
Source: Syrians spruce up famed Crusader castle, Krak des Chevaliers, after years of war
The Syrian Society for Exploration and Documentation, “I am the Syrian”, organized a documentary tourist trip to the historic city of Palmyra with the participation of about 180 volunteers to record observations about the affected archaeological areas and the requirements for improving the service reality to be accomplished in cooperation with the bodies concerned.
Source: A documentary tourist trip to the historic city of Palmyra – video
Serjilla is an abandoned settlement, part of a group of 40 similar sites known as the “Dead Cities” that are organised into 8 archaeological parks in northwest Syria. – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Source: Serjilla – The Dead City – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
From a giant basalt lion to its own Notre-Dame, Idlib’s ancient monuments are in danger.
Bit by bit, Aleppo’s centuries-old bazaar is being rebuilt as Syrians try to restore one of their historical crown jewels, devastated during years of brutal fighting for control of the city. The historic Old City at the center of Aleppo saw some of the worst battles of Syria’s eight-year civil…
Source: Centuries-old bazaar in Syria’s Aleppo making slow recovery
Thousands of Aleppians are using a Facebook group to share their way of life before the Syrian war…
Source: Rebuilding Aleppo: ‘We Cannot Preserve the Place but We Can Save Our Memories’
The Bosra al-Sham Department of Antiquities in Daraa governorate has completed documentation of the damages caused to the old city due to the terrorist attacks. The department also prepared studies for some of the necessary works inside the castle to improve situation of the historic…
Source: Projects and studies for restoration of ancient city of Bosra al-Sham completed
Damascus is the oldest and most continuously inhabited city in the history world. The Old City is currently a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It hasn’t…
As air strikes rain down, it is important to highlight the Syrian province’s rich cultural heritage…
It was striking as Paris’s landmark site of Notre Dame Cathedral burned before our eyes, how few seemed to know that Notre Dame’s architectural design, its twin towers flanking an elaborate entrance, its rose windows, its rib vaulting and its spire (la fleche) owe their origins to Middle Eastern predecessors. The earliest example says, Arab America contributing writer, Diana Darke, stands on a hillside in northwest Syria, in Idlib province, in a church built from local limestone in the mid-5th century. It’s called Qalb Lozeh (‘Heart of the Almond’ in Arabic) rightly praised as one of the best-preserved examples of Syrian church architecture, a magnificently proportioned broad-aisled basilica, the forerunner of what came to be known as the Romanesque period.
Source: The Heritage of Notre Dame–Less European than People Think
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