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Ancient City of Sinkhar

a Pleiades location resource

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Center of the ruins of the ancient city of Sinkhar. Coordinates determined by eye in Google Earth in October 2012, following description in UNESCO World Heritage List.

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Feature type:
settlement

Geometry and coordinates (long, lat order):
{ "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 36.9080555556, 36.2975 ] }

Archaeological remains:
Unknown

Association certainty:
Certain

Positional Accuracy Assessment:
Google Earth and DigitalGlobe Imagery 2012

Location type:
representative

Temporal attestations:

Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640) (confident)

References:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The village of Sinkhar, commonly known as Sinhar or Simkhar, was inhabited between the 2nd and 7th centuries AD. Its basilica is among the oldest churches in Syria and dates to the 4th century AD.

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Ancient City of Sinkhar