In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 photo, a displaced Syrian woman comforts her one-month old grandchild Fatima inside a stone house near Kafer Rouma, in ancient ruins used as temporary shelter by those ...

The journey begins in the desert city of Palmyra, where the ruins of the Temple of Bel stretch across the landscape. Once a ...

PALMYRA, Syria (AP) — Experts are returning to Syria's war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving tourism, which they say could provide a much-needed ...

After extensive restoration, the Deir Samaan Citadel, a remarkable ancient religious complex in northern Syria, has reopened its doors to visitors. Established in the fifth century, this site holds ...

In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim – with many shouting – bold statements of faith from the year 787. "This is the Faith of the ...

Thieves broke into Syria ‘s national museum and stole several ancient statues dating back to the Roman era, officials said Tuesday. The National Museum of Damascus was temporarily closed after the ...

Damascus, Oct. 12 (SANA) The remains of ancient villages in Idlib countryside provide a glimpse into rural life in northwestern Syria nearly 2,000 years ago, reflecting the region’s agricultural ...

Syrian-American Rabbi Youssef Hamra leads the first Jewish group prayer in Syria since the 1990s, in the Ifrange synagogue in the Jewish quarter of Damascus's Old City. — LOUAI BESHARA Syria's tiny ...

(FILES) Youngsters walk outside Syria's National Museum as it reopens to visitors, in Damascus — LOUAI BESHARA Thieves made off with several ancient gold ingots from Syria's national museum in ...

During Syria's civil war, the country's archaeologists risked and sometimes lost their lives in an effort to save tens of thousands of ancient relics across the country from war. But as NPR's Emily ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thieves broke into ...

A contractor in Syria discovered an ancient underground Byzantine tomb complex believed to be 1,500 years old below a destroyed home. The grave site was found last month in the town of Maarat al-Numan ...