The Northern Syria
Very beautiful colorful lands full of olive trees.
North to Aleppo by 50 km.

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Isabella the camel was a real poser!
Palmyra, the ancient city in Syria.

Taxi Passengers in Syria

The ancient city of Palmyra in Syria.

Sunset, Tartous, Syria

This hill is 40 km south of Aleppo. It is the site of important and recent
archaeological discoveries. Excavations in the Tel (hill in Arabic) have
revealed a very old civilization considered to be the oldest in Syria, that of
Ebla, which flourished in the 3rd and 2nd millenniums BC. In 1955 the
discovery of a basalt altar, now on show in the Aleppo Museum, revealed the
importance of Ebla. Subsequent archaeological expeditions uncovered a city
surrounded by a circular inner wall with four great gates and outer
fortifications containing towers. The main streets extended from city walls to
converge at the royal palace of King Aghrish. Clay tablets found in the palace
have led archaeologists to conclude that Ebla was destroyed about 2250 BC.In
the palace of this great kingdom; Ebla’s real treasure; a library of the Royal
Archives containing more than 17,000 clay tablets was uncovered. These
tablets; recording an important period in Syria history; are the earliest
written documents in Syria, among these was the world’s earliest bilingual
dictionary.

Mountains north-west of Damascus, Syria

Homs, Syria, Syria, Middle East

Central bank of Syria

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