Understanding Syria Through 40 Monuments: A Story of Survival by Burns, Ross

Understanding Syria Through 40 Monuments: A Story of Survival

How can a nation's archaeological treasures help explain its history, especially one as richly complex as Syria's?...
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Author: Ross Burns
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Understanding Syria Through 40 Monuments: A Story of Survival by Burns, Ross

Understanding Syria Through 40 Monuments: A Story of Survival

$243.48

Understanding Syria Through 40 Monuments: A Story of Survival

$243.48
Author: Ross Burns
Format: Paperback
Language: English

How can a nation's archaeological treasures help explain its history, especially one as richly complex as Syria's? Ross Burns chooses 40 among Syria's outstanding range of sites, accompanied by over 200 colour illustrations, to take the reader through the tangled paths of this crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean where numerous world cultures intersected.

Given the last 12 years of savage conflict, the author reports too on the plight of many of these monuments, addressing the common but unhelpful assumption that much of the country's archaeological treasures have been 'destroyed'. A better approach is to recognise that Syria's heritage can play a role in the country's recovery and cannot simply be declared a write-off.

This is a history which tells us much about how Syria's mixture of traditions defy simplistic categorisation through modern definitions of cultures and identities.

Author: Ross Burns
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: 07/25/2024
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 9.65h x 7.51w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780755645282

About the Author
Ross Burns is the author of Monuments of Syria (I.B.Tauris, 1992, 1999 and 2009). He has also published histories of Aleppo and Damascus as well as a study of how colonnaded axes transformed the structure of the cities of the Roman East. He continues to work actively on the archaeology of the region including to collaborate on international projects to assess the extent of damage to Syria's monuments and is currently heading an Oxford-based project on the fate of Roman temples in later periods, notably Byzantine. His website is at: www.monumentsofsyria.com.

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