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2,000-year-old remains of London's oldest Roman basilica discovered under office building
Remains of a civic basilica give archaeologists clues to what the original layout of Roman London looked like.
Report documents devastation of ancient city of Palmyra, a World Heritage Site, after the fall of the Assad regime
Palmyra is one of the most famous sites in Syria for its extraordinary heritage and archaeological remains. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980, the city saw much of its heritage destroyed ...
Remnants of a Roman Basilica Are Found Under a London Office Building
The 2,000-year-old basilica was “once the beating heart of Roman London,” the Museum of London Archaeology said.
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Wootz, the Steel from Southern India That Was the Origin of the Famous Damascus Steel
Fans of the literary saga A Song of Ice and Fire (or its television adaptation, Game of Thrones) will remember that “Valyrian ...
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Aleppo…the Syrian city is one of the oldest inhabited cities in history
Aleppo, SANA- Aleppo province is located in northern Syria and is adjacent to the southern borders of Turkey and it is and ...
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‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists
Hello from Free Syria. I’m in Damascus right now. It’s a beautiful winter. Everything is better than before,” Ayoub Alsmadi, ...
Meet the soldiers hunting down Assad regime leaders who terrorised Syria
By the standards of other cities I have been in or visited shortly after a revolution, Damascus seems on the face of it ...
Why there’s a huge collection of vintage cars stored in the middle of the desert
A vast and eccentric collection of everything from vintage Rolls-Royces to an entire house relocated from Syria, the Sheikh ...
In one devastated Syrian suburb, the only sign of life is the gravedigger
The former rebel stronghold of Jobar points to the challenges facing the new government as it embarks on rebuilding a broken ...
Man ransacks altar at St. Peter’s Basilica, knocking over candelabra worth thousands of dollars
A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th ...
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Why Ancient Roman Concrete Lasted Thousands of Years
The ancient Romans were great builders, especially known for their aqueducts. These are still standing today because they ...