Sinkhar
Creators: Adam Prins
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/858016654
36.2975, 36.9080555556
- Representative Locations:
- Ancient City of Sinkhar (AD 300 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 4 meters.
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Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011 as part of the "Ancient Villages of Northern Syria" under criteria iii, iv, and v of UNESCO's World Heritage List Operational Guidelines.
Specific archaeological components include:
- A 4th century AD basilica, which is among the oldest churches in Syria.
Adam Prins, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Sinkhar: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/858016654> [accessed: 09 October 2024]
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