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Syria, A Historical and Architectural Guide

Syria, A Historical and Architectural Guide

by Warwick Ball

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

With dozens of site plans, maps and a section of color photographs, Wawick Ball's compact handbook covers Syria's wealth of archaeological sites in authoritative detail. An archaeologist, Ball conveys the immense history of the ancient trading city of Damascus, perhaps the world's oldest and "already an important city when the Romans conquered it."  (SYR06, $19.95)


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