Damascus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
The ancient city of Damascus, located in modern Syria, with some 125 monuments dating back to the Roman period. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678106
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- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 12139 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Colonia D. (Georgian, 140 BC - AD 640)
- Δαμασκὸς (Damascos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Damascus (550 BC - AD 640)
- Damascus (Georgian, AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Damaskene (30 BC - AD 300)
- Damaskos (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 1918)
- Damaskus (German, 720 BC - AD 2000)
- Damešeq (1200 BC - 550 BC)
- Dammeśeq (Ancient Hebrew, 1200 BC - AD 640)
- Dammešeq (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Demetrias (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Dimašq (Modern Standard Arabic, 1200 BC - AD 2000)
- Dimašq aš-Šām (unspecified date range)
- Dimašqa (Akkadian, 1344 BC - 330 BC)
- Dimmašqa (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Dimạšq (AD 1683 - AD 1918)
- Dismašq (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Dismašq (AD 1683 - AD 1918)
- aš-Šam (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- aš-Šām (Modern Standard Arabic, 720 BC - AD 2000)
- dmšq (Aramaic, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Ša imērīšu (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Šām (AD 1683 - AD 1918)
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- Dimašqāja (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Damascus connection Strata Diocletiana (unspecified date range)
- Beit Farhi located at Damascus (AD 1700 - AD 1899)
- Great Mosque of the Umayyads located at Damascus (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Jupiter, Damascus located at Damascus (unspecified date range)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 D2 Damascus
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Dimashq/Damascus Ghuta SYR
Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 under criteria i, ii, iii, iv, and vi of UNESCO's World Heritage List Operational Guidelines.
Specific archaeological components include:
- Some 125 monuments from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic periods
- The Great Mosque of the Umayyads, built in 8th century AD on the site of an Assyrian sanctuary
- The Old City of Damascus, which is considered to be among the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world
- The city itself is based on a Roman plan and maintains the aspect and orientation of the Greek city
- Remains of the Roman Temple of Jupiter
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Damascus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678106> [accessed: 30 December 2024]
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