News
Thieves Steal Roman-Era Statues From Damascus Museum
A historian speculates it might have been an inside job.
Syria
News
Alphabets Might Be 500 Years Older Than We Thought
Archaeologist Glenn Schwartz unearthed four ancient clay fragments in northern Syria bearing inscriptions that may be the earliest known alphabetic writings.
News
California Man Sentenced for Smuggling 2,000-Pound Ancient Mosaic
The massive artifact was looted from Syria in 2015 and illegally transported to the US in a shipping container.
News
Art Orgs Mobilize Support After Turkey-Syria Earthquakes
Artists and cultural organizations have been contributing to the post-disaster relief efforts despite their own needs for support.
Film
Whimsical Children’s Film Tackles War and Displacement in Syria
Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022) is screening in New York this month to benefit earthquake relief in Syria.
Art
Like a Bird on Barbed Wire
Felekşan Onar reimagines refugees as birds in search of utopia.
News
Deadly Earthquake Damages Cultural Sites in Turkey and Syria
The 7.8-magnitude quake has killed at least 2,600 people and destroyed a 2nd-century castle, among other landmarks.
Books
Alain George’s Detailed View of Art, Faith, and Empire in Syria
Borrowing the model of the palimpsest, George's The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus: Art, Faith and Empire in Early Islam takes the reader on a vivid tour of the renowned mosque’s history, meaning, and significance.
News
Stunning Roman Mosaic Unearthed in Syria
The discovery marks the first major archaeological discovery since the beginning of Syria’s civil war.
Opinion
The Louvre Shouldn't Exhibit Trafficked Antiquities from Libya and Syria
The museum forgets that it is already a violent graveyard of colonial-era cultural trophies removed from their homelands under dubious circumstances.
News
In New Jersey, an Unlikely Monument to the Syrian and Armenian Communities
Bryan Zanisnik's “Silk Monument” features archival images to honor the contributions of Syrian and Armenian migrants who worked in New Jersey silk mills.
Art
The Getty Revisits Ancient Palmyra, but the Modern City Is Mostly Invisible
Life in Palmyra did not stop in the third century but has gone on more or less continuously at the site for the 1,700 years since.