Megalithic Portal: Latest from Syria

Qasr Ibn Wardan Byzantine Palace

Anne T — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:12:35 GMT

]]>Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria

Tell Umm el-Marra

Andy B — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:44:39 GMT

The largest site on the Jabbul Plain in the Bronze Age. This settlement bears evidence of occupation from the mid-third millennium through the late second millennium BCE before temporary abandonment, followed by small-scale re-occupations in the later Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods.

Baitokaike Temple of Zeus

AlexHunger — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 11:58:38 GMT

]]>Visited in 2006, a Helenistic/Roman Temple precinct of Zeus with earlier foundations for a Temple of Baal in valey. A little to the north there are the remains of a smaller temple which was used as a monastery in the 4th Century CE. 807 meters altitude and in perfect north - south orientation.

Ain Dara

AlexHunger — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:06:09 GMT

]]>Turkish airstrikes blast 3000-year-old Temple in Syria. Ancient Temple in Syria. Two funeral towers dating to the Palmyra era, along with the foundations of a further three tombs

Palmyra

Klingon — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:08:55 GMT

]]>News agency pictures reveal the extent of destruction wrought during the 10-month occupation of the Unesco World Heritage site. See the most recent comments on our page for more, and we have more archive images of the site.. Palmyra was an important city of central Syria in ancient times. The vast necropolises there contain three kinds of tombs: high towers used for multiple burials, underground burial complexes (hypogea), and temple tombs.

Palmyra Valley of the Tombs

AlexHunger — Sun, 06 Sep 2015 09:03:06 GMT

]]>'Islamic State' occupiers destroy Tower Tombs, including the Elahbel tower dating back to AD 103, also the Palmyra Temple of Baal "Intolerable crime against civilization.". A valley to the West of Palmyra with about 2 dozen tower type tombs and more underground rock cut tombs. The tombs largely served families, like our modern crypts, while some like that of the "Three Brothers" was a commercial funeral operation for persons unable to afford a large monument.

Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen

AlexHunger — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:46:04 GMT

]]>Isis blows up Palmyra Temple of Baal Shameen. Hellenistic Temple in Syria dedicated to the Semitic god, Baal Shameen. He was the god of luck and rain.The door frieze is in the Palmyra Museum.

Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi

Andy B — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:51:53 GMT

]]>A write up of what was found at Deir Mar Musa in Syria - an update from 2012. Possible stone circles, stone alignments and burial chambers in Syria. Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi (the monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian) has stood at the eastern fringes of the Anti-Lebanon mountains since at least the sixth century. Thought to have been built on the remnants of a Roman watchtower, today it resembles a storybook castle perched on the edge of a steep precipice overlooking the Syrian desert.

Shadikanni

bat400 — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:42:32 GMT

Radical Islamists take hammer to Syrian artifacts. Ancient Settlement in Syria.Ruins of the Assyrian provincial capital Shadikanni on the Khabur River.

Tell Qarassa

bat400 — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 03:29:00 GMT

]]>Stone Age skull-smashers spark a cultural mystery. Ancient Village or Settlement in Sweida.Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site. Buildings, some reused as cemetery. 9300-9100 BCE.

Resafe

Jansold — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:55:02 GMT

]]>Ancient city in Syria

Zalabiye

bat400 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:43:10 GMT

Syria upheaval halts race to reveal secrets of ancient fort. See comment.. Ancient Settlement in Deir ez-Zor Governorate. Zalabiye is a 3rd century fortress, improved in the 6th century by Justinian I. However, the site has an Assyrian component, nearby Broze Age features and a canal dating to the Late Bronze Age.

Tal al-Humira

bat400 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:51:33 GMT

Ancient Village or Settlement in Deir Attiya, a Damascus suburb.Mud brick houses dating back to the late Jomon period (from about 2000 to 1000 BC) were discovered at the site and also the national archeological mission unearthed stamps, pottery vessels and stone basins and ovens of different sizes in addition to Basalt instruments and vessels

Mari.

AlexHunger — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:11:39 GMT

]]>Ancient Mesopotamian city in need of rescue . Mari lies in a mound measuring 1000 by 600 meters 12 Km South West of Tell Hariri. Destoyed 1800 BCE by Hammurabi. Mari was rediscovered in 1933 in southern Syria, near the Iraqi border when Bedouins found a headless statue.

Rujm el-Hiri

coldrum — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:36:37 GMT

]]>New theory suggests the giant circular site of Rujm el-Hiri was used for excarnation and other funerary purposes. A 520-foot diameter circle of basalt stones, encompassing four smaller, concentric circles of stacked stone walls that become progressively narrower in width. The walls of the circles are connected perpendicularly by variously placed smaller stone walls.