Monuments of Syria: A Historical Guide

click here for more details, find new or used items	Ross Burns Used from £104.95 Pages: 320 (Paperback) ISBN: 1860642446 Pub: I B Tauris & Co Ltd Pub date: 1999-05 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 154716

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The definitive guidebook (0/0 people found this helpful)

This is a terrific guidebook - at once readable and authoritative, covering all the archaeology you can possible stomach in one trip, and plenty more besides. I particularly like the fact that the author is not afraid to show his own opinions (e.g. Apamea is a bit 'razzle dazzle' ...). You can't afford to go to Syria without it.

THE guide to the archaeology of Syria (16/16 people found this helpful)

If you are looking for a guidebook to the historical remains of Syria that is clear, easy to use, and tells you every thing you could feasibly wish to know in a concise and witty fashion then this is your book. It covers every town, relic and ruin in one of the most history-packed countries in the world. Each site is listed alphabetically with each entry contain not only all relevant facts but also, crucially, instructions on how to get there, as well as rating the site according to its likely interest value. I spent 6 weeks doing arcahelogical research in Syria using this guidebook and found that not only the larger sites but also the very smallest were expertly covered by Ross Burns. My only grumble would be the schematic designs of some of the maps and diagrams - but so long as you don't attempt to navigate by these then there isn't a problem. The book contains nothing of hotels etc.. as would an ordinary guidebook, and so needs to be used in conjunction with another more conventional 'travel book' - the Footprints' 'Syria, Lebanon and Jordan' is particalarly good.

Altogether a bloody good book.

Al Rosafa only (7/7 people found this helpful)

For many years I led many tours in many countries, amongst them, Syria. Years later, at a party here in Swaziland, I was talking to this guy who mentioned that he had been in Syria, too; in fact, he was writing a guide book on the subject. One of the many magic, even if almost unknown, places in Syria is the early Christian pilgramage city of Al Rosafa. Ross was kind enough to fax me an excerpt from his book, covering that walled desert city. Quite simply, I haven't read anything as good before or since, and don't expect to. If the rest turns out to be as good - serious or armchair travellers alike - get this book: it will be an Alladin's cave!

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