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Syria
DOI article:Mazurowski, Ryszard Feliks; Jamous, Bassam: Khirbet al Berge: discovering a new Roman and Byzantine site
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41368#0345
KHIRBET AL BERGE
SYRIA
KHIRBET AL BERGE
DISCOVERING A NEW
ROMAN AND BYZANTINE SITE
Ryszard F. Mazurowski, Bassam Jamous
A new archaeological site has been discovered about 3 km southeast of Qaramel village and
5 km west of Fafin.At Khirbet al Berge, as the place is called, architectural remains were
found stretching over an area of c. 4 ha. On a rocky hilltop about 300 m to the ivest of the
ruins in the valley, a cemetery consisting of at least twenty rock-cut tombs, presumably from
the same period, was located. With permission from the Directorate General for Antiquities
and Museums at Damascus, the team dug a series of probes in some of the obviously disturbed
tomb chambers, as well as carried out a provisional survey of the ruins.
1) The discovery was made on April 26, 2000, by members of the Polish-Syrian archaeological expedition to Tell Qaramel.
Subsequent surveying was carried our by Prof. Dr. Ryszard F. Mazurowski, Dr. Dorota tawecka, Mr. Piorr Kaczmarek and
Ms Renata Maskowicz from the Qaramel team, in association with Messrs. Yusef Mohammad Al Delidie and Samer Abdel
Ghafour, representing the Regional Directorate of Antiquities and Museums in Aleppo.
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SYRIA
KHIRBET AL BERGE
DISCOVERING A NEW
ROMAN AND BYZANTINE SITE
Ryszard F. Mazurowski, Bassam Jamous
A new archaeological site has been discovered about 3 km southeast of Qaramel village and
5 km west of Fafin.At Khirbet al Berge, as the place is called, architectural remains were
found stretching over an area of c. 4 ha. On a rocky hilltop about 300 m to the ivest of the
ruins in the valley, a cemetery consisting of at least twenty rock-cut tombs, presumably from
the same period, was located. With permission from the Directorate General for Antiquities
and Museums at Damascus, the team dug a series of probes in some of the obviously disturbed
tomb chambers, as well as carried out a provisional survey of the ruins.
1) The discovery was made on April 26, 2000, by members of the Polish-Syrian archaeological expedition to Tell Qaramel.
Subsequent surveying was carried our by Prof. Dr. Ryszard F. Mazurowski, Dr. Dorota tawecka, Mr. Piorr Kaczmarek and
Ms Renata Maskowicz from the Qaramel team, in association with Messrs. Yusef Mohammad Al Delidie and Samer Abdel
Ghafour, representing the Regional Directorate of Antiquities and Museums in Aleppo.
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