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DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael D. Danti. Richard Zettler. Darren P. Ashby. Khaled Hiatlih. Ristam Abdo. Amer Ahmed. Muntser Qasim. Allison Cuneo. Marina Gabriel.

The Raqqa Museum and its storerooms in nearby Heraqla are dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of the cultural heritage of Raqqa Governorate. Though small in comparison to the museums in Damascus and Aleppo, the Raqqa Museum contains an important collection of excavated remains that date from prehistory to the modern day. Prior to the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, the museum was an important local employer and a symbol of civic pride and Raqqawi identity. On November 25, 2014...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael D. Danti. Darren P. Ashby. Marina Gabriel. Susan Penacho.

ASOR CHI geospatial analysis indicates that an attack damaged the Ain Dara temple in northwest Syria on or before January 22, 2018. The Ain Dara temple is the best-preserved example of Syro-Hittite religious architecture from the late second and early first millennia BCE. It is elaborately decorated with basalt sculpture and reliefs. Larger-than-life human footprints carved into the temple’s stone thresholds are unique to the building. It is also considered to be a close parallel to the...