A construction worker has unearthed a 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex in the war-torn province of Idlib, northern Syria. The discovery occurred in Maarat al-Numan, a town of strategic ...

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 ...

A Byzantine-era Christian burial site unearthed in Maarat al-Numan, Syria, contains ancient crosses, graves and artifacts, highlighting Idlib province's rich archaeological heritage of many sites.

MARAAT AL-NUMAN, Syria (AP) — A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an ...

Syria hopes tourists will return to Palmyra, scarred by war Before 2015, Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

After the civil war began in 2011, Palmyra’s strategic location rendered it a battleground between anti-government rebels, Syrian forces, the Russian military and Afghan militiamen backed by Iran.

1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex discovered under Syrian war ruins. Omar Albam and Abby Sewell. June 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM. ... which saw intense conflict during the Syrian civil war.

Hassan Ismail of the Idlib Museum takes notes at a Byzantine underground tomb complex, believed to be over 1,500 years old, uncovered by a contractor during reconstruction of a war-damaged house ...

A construction worker has unearthed a 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex in the war-torn province of Idlib, northern Syria.. The discovery occurred in Maarat al-Numan, a town of strategic ...