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<< Image Pages >> Amrit Meghaziles - Chambered Cairn in Syria

Submitted by AlexHunger on Tuesday, 21 November 2006  Page Views: 4430

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Amrit Meghaziles
Country: Syria
NOTE: This site is 4.687 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Tartus  Nearest Village: Marathos
Latitude: 34.896690N  Longitude: 35.907442E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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3Ordinary
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1Awful
0No data.
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Amrit Meghaziles
Amrit Meghaziles submitted by durhamnature : Old Drawing from "The History of Art in Phoenicia" via archive.org Site in Syria (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairn in Syria

Two 7 metre tall stone funeral monuments dating to 4th century BCE. City inhabited since 3rd millennium BCE.
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Amrit Meghaziles
Amrit Meghaziles submitted by durhamnature : Reconstruction, from "History of Phoenician Art..." via archive.org Site in Syria (Vote or comment on this photo)

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[No Subject] by coldrum on Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Syrian Archaeologists: Discovery of Cemetery Building Casts Light on Phoenician

A religious cemetery building with carvings dating back to the 6th and 5th centuries BC was unearthed in the Phoenician city of Amrit in Tartous, say Syrian Archaeologists.

Director of Archaeological Excavations and Studies Michel Maqdisi said the building consists of a façade that has two entrances engraved on a 2 meter high huge stone surface.

The façade to the eastern side is skillfully carved with symbolic decorations similar to what we find on the Phoenician tombstones or those dated to 1000 BC, he added.

"The symbolically carved decorations and the nature of architectural formation of the building, as well as its location in an area of archaeological cemeteries makes it such an extraordinary religious cemetery building found in the Phoenician region," Maqdisi said.

He added that the architectural and archaeological studies due to be conducted on the building, which was partly mentioned by the Orientalist Ernest Renan in his book "The Phoenician Mission" in 1860, will directly contribute to understanding plenty of the Phoenician religious and funeral rituals and traditions.

Meanwhile, archaeological excavations at al-Ghariya village located 20 km to the east of Daraa, southern Syria, resulted in the discovery of eight cemeteries dating back to the Middle Bronze Age and other findings of 4000 years old.

Archaeologist Mohammad al-Ishat highlighted the importance of the cemeteries discovered as they chronicle ancient historical stages and introduce tangible evidence that Horan region in southern Syria has long been inhabited.

He pointed out that some of the cemeteries discovered are 10 meters high, 185 cm thick, and 2 m wide, which were used as collective cemeteries.

Daraa Archaeology Department official Kassem Mohammad said the other archeological findings included pottery and bronze tools, ornaments, weapons and spears, jewelry, and bronze arrows.
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http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201008086827/Culture/syrian-archaeologists-discovery-of-cemetery-building-casts-light-on-phoenician-religious-traditions.html
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