Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts

1/23/17

The ruins of he Phoenician megalithic wall in Arwad, Syria



Arwad ( Arvad, Arpad, Arphad, and Antiochia in Pieria) also called Ruad Island – located in the Mediterranean Sea, is the only inhabited island in Syria. The town of Arwad covers the entire island. It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Tartus (ancient Tortosa), Syria's second largest port.
The name Arvad is noted in the Bible as the progenitor of the Arvadites, a Canaanite people.
The island was settled in the early 2nd millennium BC by the Phoenicians. Under Phoenician control, it became an independent kingdom called Arvad Aradus or Jazirat (the latter term meaning "island").

Wall formerly surrounded the whole island,The biggest stones are 3 by 5 meters.














11/11/16

Husn Suleiman (Suleiman’s Castle),Syria

Husn Suleiman (Suleiman’s Castle) is one of the most extraordinary set of ruins in Syria. The remains are exceptional for the juxtaposition of the gigantic.The cyclopean scale of the component blocks (about 50 tons).The enclosure consists of a large compound open to the sky with a small central cell to house the altar. . There are four gates centrally placed in each face of the outer wall.



















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