Syria's monuments : their survival and destruction / / by Michael Greenhalgh.
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 the 1...
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| Superior document: | Heritage and identity : issues in cultural heritage protection ; v. 5 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2016. |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage and identity (Series) ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (540 pages) |
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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.