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<< Our Photo Pages >> Arados - Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 24 June 2007  Page Views: 5250

Multi-periodSite Name: Arados Alternative Name: Arwad, Arvad, Arpad, Arphad, Antiochia in Pieria
Country: Syria Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tartous  Nearest Village: Arwad
Latitude: 34.856380N  Longitude: 35.858396E
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
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
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
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4
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Arados submitted by AlexHunger : Stele from 5th Century BCE (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria

Phoenician settlement on island in Syria. The island was settled in the early 2nd millennium BC by the Phoenicians.

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Arados submitted by durhamnature : Tombs at Arados, from "History of Egypt..." via archive.org Site in Syria (Vote or comment on this photo)

Arados
Arados submitted by durhamnature : Image from "History of Egypt....." via archive.org Site in Syria (Vote or comment on this photo)

Arados
Arados submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the settlement, from "Phoenicia" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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