Levant
This category covers the area that was once called Canaan, or Beyhn Nahrîn, or Eber Nâri, or Bilad al-Sham, or the Levant, or Greater Syria. In other words, Syria, Jorda, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestine territories.
There are 354 items in Levant:
Silk Road
The Silk Road is the modern name for the network of trade routes between the Mediterranean Sea and China. The Silk Road At…Suffete
Suffetes (Phoenician sptm, "judges"): highest official in a Phoenician city. A suffete from Lepcis Magna The Phoenician officials known as suffetes are…
Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Syrians |
Tell Ahmar, Procession of servants |
Tell Ahmar, Two Assyrian courtiers |
Tell Brak, Cuneiform letter |
Tell Fekheriye, Statue of king Hadad-yisi |
Tell Sheikh Hamad, Pazuzu |
Tell Sheikh Hamad, Solar disk |
Tell Siran, Bottle with inscription of king Amminadab II |
The Antakya stela
Antakya stela: text of a stele, erected by the Assyrian king Adad-Nirari III (r.810-783), as a boundary marker between the realms of two of his vassal kings, Ataršumki of Arpad and Zakkur of Hamath. …
The Euphrates at Zenobia |