The Directorate of Antiquities and Museums stated that the National Museum is divided into five main sections, divided according to their historical eras. The first section is the prehistoric section, ...

A sprawling, centuries-old mosaic was recently unearthed in Syria, shedding light onto life under Roman rule. The ancient ...

The new government has pledged to unify Syria after overthrowing the Assad dictatorship. One of its biggest challenges is persistent sectarian violence. By Christina Goldbaum Ben Hubbard Raja ...

Russian bombing overnight destroyed a bridge in Rastan on the M5 motorway between Hama and Homs, according to the Syrian Observatory ... A complex mosaic of religious and sectarian allegiances ...

Experts say it dates back to the Roman era. Syrian state news agency SANA reported that archeologists unearthed the sizeable mosaic panel constructed 1,600 years ago in the city of al-Rastan, adding ...

The mosaic is about 65.5 feet long by 20 feet wide (20 by 6 m) and was found in Rastan, a town near Homs, by archaeologists from the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums, a Syrian ...

Archaeologists in war-torn Syria have unearthed a stunning mosaic from the Roman era that ... long by 20-foot-wide (20 by 6 meters) mural in Rastan, a town in central Syria near Homs, a key ...

The 1,600-year-old mosaic in Rastan, Syria Photo by Louai Beshara / AFP / Getty Images Archaeologists in Syria have uncovered a 1,600-year-old mosaic depicting scenes from the Trojan War ...

Archaeologists in Syria have discovered a stunning mosaic featuring depictions of ... foot-long by 20-foot-wide (20 by 6 meters) mural in Rastan, a town in central Syria near Homs, a key ...

While Syrian archaeologists and antiquities experts have been ... The expert sees similarities between the mosaic found in Rastan and another recent find in the United Kingdom: “This does remind me of ...

The work was unearthed in the city of Rastan, which was under ... Saad called the mosaic “rare on a global scale.” The Syrian civil war also spawned extensive antiquities looting — conducted ...