Tag: Syria
Cold War spy satellite imagery reveals 396 Roman forts spanning from Syria to Iraq
Two-thousand years ago, forts were constructed by the Roman Empire across the northern Fertile Crescent, spanning from what is now western Syria to northwestern...
Cranial traumas show dramatic increase as the first cities were being built
The development of the earliest cities in Mesopotamia and the Middle East led to a substantial increase in violence between inhabitants. Laws, centralized administration,...
Restoration lags for Syria’s famed Roman ruins at Palmyra and other war-battered historic sites
At the height of the Islamic State group’s rampage across Syria, the world watched in horror as the militants blew up an iconic arch and...
Syria digs up ‘rare’ Roman mosaic in former rebel stronghold
Syria uncovered a large intact mosaic that dates back to the Roman era, describing it Wednesday as the most important archaeological discovery since the...
Scientists find evidence for food insecurity driving international conflict in Roman Palmyra
Ancient Palmyra has gripped public imagination since its picturesque ruins were "rediscovered" in the seventeenth century by western travelers. The most legendary story of...
Analysis of ancient dung suggests animals being farmed for food 13,000 years ago
Tiny crystals in ancient animal dung serve as key evidence in a new analysis suggesting the possibility that hunter-gatherers at Abu Hureyra, Syria, may...