ABSTRACT
Archaeologists consider Syria the center of one of the oldest civilizations on earth, wherein was the beginning of human settlement, the first urban planning and development of the alphabet. Syria has six World Heritage sites: the Ancient City of Aleppo, the Ancient City of Bosra, the Ancient City of Damascus, theAncient Site of Palmyra, theAncient Cities of Northern Syria (JEBEL SEMAN, JEBEL BARISHA, JEBEL AL A’LA, JEBEL WASTANI, AND JEBEL ZAWIYE), and Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din. Syria has seen some of the oldest and most important civilizations,which someof themdates back to over 8,000 years BC.
