Bosra ash-Sham

Bosrah or Bozrah, is one of the oldest cities in the province of Dara‘a and one of the rich cities in archaeological sites in Syria. It is 137 km south of Damascus. It was built in the region of Hawran, the southern gate of Syria, and was inhabited since old times by Arab tribes. Bosra was mentioned in the Egyptian Tall al Amarneh Correspondences, 14th.century B.C. The many relics of Bosra, carved from the black basalt stones, narrate endless stories about the peoples who passed over its land: stone age people, Canaanites, Aramites, pharaoic Egyptians, Assyrians, Kaldanians, Persians, Greeks, Arab Nabateans, Romans, Byzantines and Arab Ghassanids. Castles, temples, theatres, baths, churches, monasteries and many statues, mosaics,and aqueducts are eternal witnesses on the great feats of our ancestors who settled on its land.