Author: syriaboss

Damascus, the oldest continuously inhabited capital in the world, has been the center for many civilizations throughout its rich and fascinating history. The city has many sacred historical sites left by the ancient cultures that inhabited Damascus, which made the city a UNESCO world heritage site in 1979. Located in the heart of the Ancient City of Damascus, The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, is one of the oldest and holiest Islamic monuments in the world. The site of the Umayyad mosque today has been a place of worship for more than three millennia....

What do you know about Syria? The civil war? The tension in the Middle East? The reason behind the refugee crisis in Europe? So you have only heard about it on the news. That only covers the past 7 years of its thousands years’ old rich history. Syria, a cradle of civilizations, has taken an important part in establishing humanity and connecting cultures and people throughout the ages. World Heritage Syria’s rich history and the different civilizations that inhabited its lands have resulted in a beautiful array of historical sites. Some of them are so prominent that they were...