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    Kharab Shams, also Kharab al-Shams, is an early Byzantine settlement in the area of the Dead Cities in northwestern Syria. The ruins contain an unusually high basilica from the late 4th century. The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of Ancient Villages of Northern Syria in 2011.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Ancient Villages of Northern Syria.
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    Kharab Shams


    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    2011

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    4th Century AD


    Byzantine

    Christian

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    Byzantine Monuments


     

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