Syria - An Historical & Architectual Guide

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  • Author: Warwick Ball
  • Publisher: Melisende
  • Catalogue: 148285
  • Size: 14x21cm
Warwick Ball’s “Syria - A Historical and Architectural Guide” is detailed, fascinating and well-written book about this rich land, and one that has been written by an archeologist who has been visiting Syria for nearly forty years.

With a wealth of historical splendours matched by few other countries, Syria has remained almost undiscovered by mass tourism. It is a land of immense antiquity, boasting cities and archaeological remains that are amongst the oldest in the world. This expanded and revised edition keeps pace both with the rapid increase in travel to Syria and the new material which has appeared on the country itself. It reconsiders the history and heritage of this extraordinary land and surveys the major sites, making a strong case for reassessing its importance in our perception of the growth of civilization out of the Middle East. With its many site plans and maps, engaging text and 96 full-colour plates, it makes available the immensely wealthy history, archaeology and architecture of Syria to the general reader and the interested traveller.

Warwick Ball is a Near Eastern archaeologist who has excavated throughout the Middle East and adjacent regions, first visiting Syria in 1972. Author of many books and articles on the history and archaeology of the region, his book, Rome in the East, was awarded the James Henry Breasted prize for history in 2000.