Syria, Land of Civilizations

according ALEPPO Anatolia ANCIENT animal appeared Arab archaeologists Assyrian BAAL Basalt became began Bronze buildings built called century Ceramic Christian city-state civilization clay cm NATIONAL MUSEUM contained covered culture DAMASCUS decorated developed discovered divine early East Eastern Ebla Empire Euphrates example figures figurine given glass gold Greek hand head houses human important Islamic jewelry king known lapis lazuli later lived Mari material means Mediterranean metal millennium Mould Muslim nature objects organization painted palace Palmyra period Persian piece plants practice production region represented Roman seal shape shown shows side silver social statue stone surface symbol Syria tablets TELL temple Terra cotta territory texts third tion tombs trade Ugarit vessels village walls ا ا ا التي على في لا من