Web Directory

» Emar
   Details the Syrian-German excavations. Includes a topographical plan, restoration photos, members of the team, the state of research, a history of the city, and selected literature.
   http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/emar/

» Hadir Qinsarn
   Reports on excavations at this early Islamic town, including photographs and drawings.
   http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/QIN/Qinnasrin.html

» Israeli archaeology digging in the Golan illegal
   From ArabicNews, The first international conference on Middle East archaeology, which concluded its deliberations in Rome, has asserted that Israeli archaeological excavations works and surveys carried out in the Golan are illegal, describing them as cont
   http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/980528/1998052813.html

» Jebel Bishri
   Summary of this Finnish project with photos and video clips.
   http://www.helsinki.fi/hum/arla/sygis/index.html

» Jerablus Tahtani Project
   Report on the excavation of this tell (near Carchemish), including bibliography, photos and downloadable databases.
   http://www.arcl.ed.ac.uk/arch/jerablus/jerahome.html

» Museum Of Antiquities Hands Coffin Panel Back To Syrian Museum
   A 2000-year-old fragment of a lead sarcophagus is set to be returned to the Syrian National Museum, thanks to the efforts of experts at Newcastle University's Museum of Antiquities.
   http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh/ART22122.html

» Neolithic Human Burials from Tell Ain el-Kerkh
   Covers excavations in the Rouj Basin, 20km southwest of Idlib. From Antiquity, Vol.77,No. 295, March,2003.
   http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/Hudson/Hudson.html

» New archaeological discoveries date back to the Stone Age in Syria
   From ArabicNews, Dutch expedition in Syria has discovered a residential complex that dates back to the new Stone Age in the seventh millennium B.C.E.
   http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/991104/1999110418.html

» New archaeological discoveries in Syria date back to 2500 BC
   From ArabicNews, Syrian-European expedition team working at Tel Beidar, near al-Hassaka city found a collection of cuneiform clay tablets that date back to 2500 B.C.E.
   http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/000121/2000012108.html

» Rare Statue Unearthed
   From IOL, A Polish archeological expedition has recently unearthed a unique statue of the winged Goddess of Triumph in the ancient city of Palmyra.
   http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=qw1116152821172B266

» Rouj Basin Project
   Syro-Japanese project in north-west Syria. Includes excavation reports, photos, maps, contact details and a bibliography.
   http://www.sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp/~elrouj/

» Syrian archaeobotany
   Bibliography of archaeobotanical reports from Syrian sites.
   http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~nmiller0/syria.html

» Tell Ashara-Terqa
   Brief description of this Bronze Age site, situated on the Euphrates.
   http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france-priorities_1/archaeology_2200/archaeology-notebooks_2202/ancient-east_2224/syria-tell-ashara-terqa_2237/index.html?var_recherche=Tell+Ashara-Terqa

» Tell Aushariye
   Information on the Danish excavations at this site in northern Syria from 2000. Contains historical background, photographs and a bibliography.
   http://www.aushariye.hum.ku.dk/index.htm

» Tell Mishrife (Qatna)
   Basic information on the Italian excavations at this site.
   http://www.qatna.org/

» Tell Sabi Abyad
   Information on the excavations on this site, including the latest news, site reports, photos, links, and a large bibliography.
   http://www.sabi-abyad.nl/main.tpl?language=en

» Tell Tuneinir
   Rescue excavations by St. Louis Archaeological Expeditions of a Syrian city, from Early Bronze Age to medieval. Photographs, area map, bibliography.
   http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/tuneinir/

» The Hamoukar Expedition
   Reports on a joint Syrian-American excavation at Tell Hamoukar, a 4th and 3rd Millennia BC site.
   http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/HAM/Hamoukar.html

» The Tell es-Sweyhat Expedition
   The annual reports on the excavations at Sweyhat with photographs and drawings.
   http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/SWE/Sweyhat.html

» Urkesh (Tell Mozan)
   A review of current work at Tell Mozan with a comprehensive digital library.
   http://www.urkesh.org