Syria's monuments : their survival and destruction /

Syria's monuments : their survival and destruction /

Syria's Monuments: their Survival and Destruction examines the fate of the various monuments in Syria (including present-day Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine/Israel) from Late Antiquity to the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. It examines travellers' accounts, mainly from...

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Main Author: Greenhalgh, Michael.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Heritage and Identity 5.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303867.

Subjects:

Monuments > Syria.
Cultural property > Protection > Syria.
Historic preservation > Syria.
Antiquities.
Cultural property > Protection.
Historic preservation.
Monuments.
Travel.
Syria > Antiquities.
Syria > History.
Syria > Description and travel.
Syria.
History.

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Call Number: DS94.5

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 The State of Syria in Recent Centuries
  • 2 Travel throughout Syria
  • 3 The Life and Death of Monuments
  • 4 The Seabord: Harbours and Ports North to South
  • 5 Aleppo and the North
  • 6 Damascus and the Centre
  • 7 Bosra and the South
  • 8 West of the River Jordan
  • 9 East of the River Jordan
  • 10 Fortresses Roman, Muslim and Crusader
  • 11 Mayhem: Archaeology, Museums and Mandates
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue: The Monuments of Syria in 2016
  • Appendix: Brief Biographies of Traveller-Scholars
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Illustrations.