ABSTRACT
In consequence, the image of Syria to emerge from field work in the inter-war period was primarily based on the effects of the discoveries of Ugarit and Mari. The following year Rome University was invited by the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums of Damascus to begin excavating the site, making a second visit necessary both to obtain further information and to complete the official procedures regarding the permit to excavate. While not particularly common in inland Syria, they are well known in Upper Mesopotamia, and certainly usual in historical sites that over the years have not been subject to major stratifications profoundly altering the urban conformation of the last great ancient city. Renewed excavations on the Acropolis, which characterize the second half of the fifth decade of the archaeological investigations at the site, have led to a noteworthy result: that is, the discovery of the Red Temple in the western sector of the central mound.
