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Ebla
The site also known under the name of Tell Mardikh, dates back to the 4th millenium BC. Temples and three palaces where built. Ebla became politically weaker during the Assyrian domination and in 1625 BC, and the Hittites ravaged it. Ebla never recovered. Little by little its inhabitants deserted the town and it fell into oblivion.
The Dead Cities
An extraordinary site: 700 towns spread over a perimeter of 2 000 Km2. To qualify them as "dead" seems displaced when one contemplates them today. It seems, in fact, as if their inhabitants have just left the site, so much the conservation is exceptional, thanks to the quality of the stone. From the 1st to 6th centuries, the region distinguished itself by its olivaries.
