The architecture of the dead cities

Section: History Books

Number of pages: 237 pages

Publisher: Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press

A journey through that wonderful, relatively unknown and neglected spot in the historical land of Syria, called the "Dead Cities", from which we return with many images, conclusions and perhaps convictions, perhaps the most important of which is that Syria, which has suffered throughout history and is suffering today, is an amazing model of cultural succession between multiple and sometimes different civilizations, which is clearly evident in "Architecture", the first and eternal history book of humanity. The author shows the role of his country in the targeted cross-fertilization in the current war, and that Syria today is in dire need of this legacy because it cannot be Syrian without it. The book surrounds that rural urban group in northern Syria, between Aleppo, Antioch and Hama, consisting of more than 800 villages and sites