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Broken Ribs on a 6,000-Year-Old Infant Skeleton Reveal a Dark Side of Early Urban Life
A 6,000-year-old infant skeleton from Tell Brak in northeastern Syria has revealed one of the rarest traces of violence against a child in prehistoric archaeology. The child, who died between six and nine months of age, was buried during the Late Chalcolithic period, around 4200–3900 BCE. A new study by researchers from the University of…
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Greek Inscription Found in Syria’s Great Mosque of Homs May Help Locate the Lost Temple of the Sun
A Greek inscription discovered beneath a column inside the Great Mosque of Homs is reopening a long-standing debate about the precise location of the ancient Temple of the Sun at Emesa — the sanctuary whose high priest rose to become Roman emperor in the third century under the name Elagabalus. The inscription, carved directly into…
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Viral ‘Gold Cave’ Rumor in Southern Syria Debunked: Archaeologists Identify a Roman-Era Tomb
A sensational claim raced across Syrian social media this week: a newly opened construction pit in the town of al-Hara, in southern Daraa, supposedly concealed a secret cave overflowing with ancient gold. Crowds rushed to the site, videos went viral, and online speculation spiraled. But by the time archaeologists reached the scene, the story of…