Princeton University3y
COMMITTEE FOR THE EXCAVATION OF ANTIOCH-ON-THE-ORONTES
In 1928, Charles Rufus Morey, chair of Princeton's Department of Art and Archaeology, proposed the exploration and excavation of the ancient and medieval site of Antioch, located in northern Syria ...
Religion Unplugged6d
On Religion: Yet Another Threat To The Ancient Church In Syria
In the chaos, journalists have struggled to confirm statistics about fatalities, while waves of social media videos claim to show crucified Christians, Alawites and other members of religious and ...
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Two years on, construction jungle emerges from Antioch's quake-hit ruins
They died within minutes," said Genc, who works for an NGO helping Syrian refugee children ... the site of the ancient city of Antioch, where 90 percent of its buildings were lost and more ...
Middle East Eye10y
Assyrians: Ancient Christian community new to Syria
Abductions by IS in Syria have put focus on ancient group who moved from Iraq ... missionaries from Palestine or Antioch, in modern-day Turkey, settled to the west of the Parthian empire close ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency2y
On the Turkish-Syrian border, a city’s last Jews watch the ending of an epoch
ANTAKYA, Turkey (JTA) — Jews have lived in the city of Antakya, known in ancient times as Antioch, for over 23 ... in Antakya with his wife Olga, a Syrian Jew who moved to the city from Damascus ...