Syria a Historical and Architectural Guide - Softcover

Ball, Warwick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566562252 ISBN 13: 9781566562256

Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc, 1997

Synopsis

Syria is the Middle East's best kept secret. With its many site plans and maps, readable text and 96 color photos, this book makes available for the first time the immensely wealthy history, archaeology and architecture of Syria to the general reader and interested traveler.

About this title

About the Author:

Warwick Ball is a Near Eastern archaeologist and author who spent over thirty years carrying out excavations, architectural studies and monumental restoration throughout the Middle East and adjacent regions. He first visited Syria in 1972 and has been back numerous times since. He is author of many books and articles on the history and archaeology of the region, including (with Leonard Harrow) Cairo to Kabul. His recent book, Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire, was winner of the James Henry Breasted History Prize in 2000 and was a Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Born in Australia, he now lives in Scotland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1566562252
• ISBN 13: 9781566562256
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216