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  • Homs

  • Homs

    Homs, previously known as Emesa, is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. Excavations at the Citadel of Homs indicate that the earliest settlement at the site dates back to around 2300 BC. The city may have been founded by Seleucus I Nicator who established the Seleucid Empire upon the death of Alexander the Great.
    Archaeological Site
    Homs
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    Homs

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    Historic Cities and Regions

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    Syria

    Homs

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    Third Millennium BC

    Bronze Age

    Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine + Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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