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Map of Damascus in 1855. The old city of Damascus (Arabic: دِمَشْق ٱلْقَدِيمَة, romanized: Dimašq al-Qadīmah) is the historic city centre of Damascus, Syria. The old city, which is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, [1] contains numerous archaeological sites, including some historical churches and ...
Pharpar (or Pharphar in the Douay–Rheims Bible) is a biblical river in Syria.It is the less important of the two rivers of Damascus mentioned in the Book of Kings (2 Kings 5:12), now generally identified with the Nahr al-Awaj, also called Awaj (literally, 'crooked'), although if the reference to Damascus is limited to the city, as in the Arabic version of the Old Testament, Pharpar would be ...
The old city of Damascus, enclosed by the city walls, lies on the south bank of the river Barada which is almost dry (3 cm (1 in) left). To the southeast, north, and northeast it is surrounded by suburban areas whose history stretches back to the Middle Ages: Midan in the southwest, Sarouja and Imara in the north and north-west.
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
Two medium-sized Aramaean kingdoms, Aram-Damascus and Hamath, along with several smaller kingdoms and independent city-states, developed in the region during the early first millennium BCE. The most notable of these were Bit Adini , Bit Bahiani , Bit Hadipe , Aram-Rehob , Aram-Zobah , Bit-Zamani , Bit-Halupe and Aram-Ma'akah , as well as the ...
Bab al-Faradis (Arabic: بَابُ الْفَرَادِيسِ, romanized: Bāb al-Farādīs; "The Gate of the Paradises") or Bab al-Amara is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. The other name, Bab Al-Amara , refers to a name of a district in the old city where people in the 14th century would meet.
The site of Ablia is the village of Souq Wadi Barada (called Abil-es-Suk by early Arab geographers), which is located about twelve miles northwest of Damascus. Calmet specifically noted that Hobah was to the left of the road that leads to Damascus, stating that if Hobah was north of the city, the text would have simply said "beyond Damascus ...
Old Damascus, Syria Bab Tuma ( Arabic : بَابُ تُومَا , romanized : Bāb Tūmā , meaning: "Gate of Thomas") is a neighborhood located in the Old city of Damascus in Syria . It is one of the seven gates of Damascus , a geographic landmark of Christianity .