Understanding Syria Through 40 Monuments: A Story of Survival

by Ross Burns

How can a nation's archaeological treasures help explain its history, especially one as richly complex as Syria's? Ross Burns chooses 40 among Syria's outstanding range of sites, accompanied by over 200 colour illustrations, to take the reader through the tangled paths of this crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean where numerous world cultures intersected.

Given the last 12 years of savage conflict, the author reports too on the plight...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755645286
• ISBN13: 9780755645282
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.7"