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E R http://hiu.state.gov A A U E S O E F R Syria: Cultural Heritage Sites at Risk
IN INR D TE AN HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION UNIT LLIGENCE
TURKEY The Dead Cities are roughly 700 abandoned towns, monasteries, and farmsteads from the Roman and Byzantine Periods (1st-8th Cyrrhus x 1 x 1 centuries AD) spread over x 4 x 4 limestone hills. They constitute x 5 x 37 x 1 a unique cultural landscape. x 2 x 6 x 10 x 16 x 1 x 20 x 7 x 60 x 1 x 2 x 14 35,525 Manuscripts The Dead Cities x 3 x 19 x 60 x 75 in library collections Aleppo (Source: World Guide to Libraries, 2013) x 1 Buhayrat x 3 x 1 x 1 x 2 al Asad x 1 x 1 Ar Raqqah
x 2 r x 1 x 1 x 4 u x 2 b x 7 x 3 x 1 x 2 x 3 E x 1 u a Bara x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 p h x 2 h x 1 x 1 Resafa K x 2 r Ugarit Ma’arrat a l x 1 t a an Nu’man e x 5 r CYPRUS s s x 1 x 3 h
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r Apamea 6 Syrian properties O IRAQ x 2 inscribed on UNESCO’s x 8 x 5 x 1 x 2 World Heritage List Mediterranean Hamah 5 Appeals from UNESCO x 1 x 4 x 1 concerning Aleppo Sea x 1 x 2 x 4 Tartus x 1 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 1 x 5 Amrit x 1 x 2 Dura Europos x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 Homs x 10 x 4 x 5 x 2 x 13 x 9 x 2 x 1 es Palmyra Euphrat
Well-preserved Syrian Cultural Heritage Sites Ancient city Funerary site LEBANON Archaeological site Mixed ancient & Civic site modern site Commercial site Museum Religious site i Over 77,000 cultural objects in the Educational site ^Beirut n ta Fortication Residential site L i National Museum of Damascus alone (Source: Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums) Area of con ict & ^ National capital displacement ni Selected populated place a Approximate area of b 0 30 60 km s a ^ the Dead Cities Selected cultural site H Damascus 0 30 60 mi x 1 x 38 x 5 x 1 x 1 x 26 x 56 x 1 x 2 x 42 x 49 Inside area of con ict Outside area of con ict Li Banias x 11 x 11 Total t ani x 11 3% of Syria’s cultural sites remain outside and displacement and displacement
UNDOF areas of con ict and displacement Ancient city 94 6 100 Zone Al Qunaytirah Archaeological site 71 2 73 1949 Armistice Line Golan Civic site 134 3 137 Heights (Israeli Commercial site 107 -- 107 occupied) x 3 x 1 Educational site 64 -- 64 Shahba x 1 x 4 Fortication 99 10 109 Lake x 4 x 1 Qanawat Tiberias x 2 x 1 x 8 x 2 Funerary site 84 -- 84 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 97% of Syria’s cultural x 1 x 1 As Suwayda' Mixed ancient & 43 -- 43 ISRAEL Dar`a x 2 x 3 x 2 sites are inside areas of modern site n x 1 x 1 x 2 x 15 con ict and displacement a x 1 x 2 x 1 Museum 27 1 28 d 1949 Armistice r x 1 x 2 Religious site 262 6 268 * Israeli-occupied with Line o current status subject to J Bosra Israeli-Palestinian Interim Residential site 47 3 50 Agreement; permanent Total well-preserved sites 1,032 31 1,063 status to be determined West 1994 Treaty JORDAN through further negotiations. Bank* Line
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