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Syria is home to some of the world's richest historical and archaeological remains--dating from the Bronze Age through Byzantine times to the Ottoman Period. Until now, however, they have been little known and rarely visited. Only a handful of sites are familiar from travel literature: the... read more

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For a piece of land which has been fought over for millennia, Syria hardly gives the impression of a lush prize.
 

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