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

Submitted by AlexHunger on Wednesday, 10 January 2007  Page Views: 5261

Multi-periodSite Name: Bosra
Country: Syria
NOTE: This site is 0.108 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bosra  Nearest Village: Damascus
Latitude: 32.517500N  Longitude: 36.481720E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
3 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
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Bosra
Bosra submitted by AlexHunger : Former Nabatean town, taken over by the Romans. Here the Nabatean Gate. Here the Original Nabatean gate. The Nabateans were the ones who built Petra. The city also has a very large reservoir, a theatre, a forum, bath and a colonnade as well as early churches. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria

Ancient town first settled by the Nabateans (of Petra Jordan fame) and then taken over by the Romans.
The entire town is built out of black Basaltic rock.
There is a large theatre, later turned into a fort by the Moslems, very large reservoirs, baths, an Agora and several gates, as well as churches from the early christian era.
857 Meters altitude.
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Bosra
Bosra submitted by AlexHunger : Former Nabatean town, taken over by the Romans. Here is the colonnade. The city also has a very large reservoir, a theatre, a forum, bath as well as early churches. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bosra
Bosra submitted by AlexHunger : Former Nabatean town, taken over by the Romans. All the buildings are made of black Basalt. Here is Trajan's Palace. The city also has a very large reservoir, a theatre, a forum, bath and a colonnade as well as early churches. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bosra
Bosra submitted by AlexHunger : Former Nabatean town, taken over by the Romans. All the buildings are made of black Basalt. Here is the Colonnade at the Baths. The city also has a very large reservoir, a theatre, a forum, bath and a colonnade as well as early churches. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bosra
Bosra submitted by AlexHunger : Former Nabatean town, taken over by the Romans. All the buildings are made of black basalt. Here are the baths. The city also has a very large reservoir, a theatre, a forum, bath and a colonnade as well as early churches. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bosra
Bosra submitted by AlexHunger : Former Nabatean town, taken over by the Romans. All the buildings are made of black Basalt. Here is the interior of theatre. The city also has a very large reservoir, a theatre, a forum, bath and a colonnade as well as early churches.

Bosra
Bosra submitted by AlexHunger : Former Nabatean town, taken over by the Romans. All the buildings are made of black basalt. Exterior of the theatre, which was converted into a fort by the Muslims. The city also has a large reservoir, a theatre, a forum, bath and a colonnade as well as early churches.

Bosra
Bosra submitted by AlexHunger : Former Nabatean town, taken over by the Romans. All the buildings are made of black basalt. Here is the reservoir, about 285m by 250m. There are three more and they are still in use. The city also has a very large reservoir, a theatre, a forum, bath and a colonnade as well as early churches.

Bosra
Bosra submitted by AlexHunger : Former Nabatean town, taken over by the Romans. All the buildings are made of black basalt. Here is the Nympheum. The city also has a large reservoir, a theatre, a forum, bath and a colonnade as well as early churches.

Bosra
Bosra submitted by AlexHunger : Former Nabatean town, taken over by the Romans. All the buildings are made of black basalt. Here is the Kalybe Temple. The city also has a large reservoir, a theatre, a forum, bath and a colonnade as well as early churches.

Bosra
Bosra submitted by AlexHunger : Former Nabatean town, taken over by the Romans. All the buildings are made of black basalt. Here is the forum. The city also has a very large reservoir, a theatre, bath and a colonnade as well as early churches.

Bosra
Bosra submitted by AlexHunger : Former Nabatean town, taken over by the Romans. Here is the colonnade. The city also has a large reservoir, a theatre, a forum, a bath as well as early churches.

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