► Mayan figurine factory underneath in Guatemala
► 13,500-year-old tomb discovered in China
► Upper paleolithic cave art found in the Balkans
► New species of human discovered in the Philippines
► Ptolemaic-era tomb discovered in Egypt
► Four-legged whale fossil found in Peru
► Fast food bar unearthed in ancient Pompeii
► Ruins of imperial palace gate found in China
► 4000-year-old skeleton discovered in England
► large Byzantine-era pithos discovered in Turkey

As-Suwayda

by KFZI310, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

As-Suwayda

As-Suwayda, also called Sweida, is a city located in southwestern Syria. It was founded by the Nabataeans as Suada. It became known as Dionysias in the Hellenistic and Roman times, for Dionysus the god of wine - the city is situated in a famous ancient wine-producing region.