Apamea, Syria
Filmed in November, 2008
Memories of Syria - Pt 29 - Apamea
The Arabian Magazine is pleased to present Volume 2 in our 'Memories' series.
Volume 2 includes video footage taken during the World Arabian Horse Organisation (WAHO) Conference in Syria at the end of 2007. The initial parts include all the presentations and parades of Arabian horses, mostly from the Bedouin tribes across Syria.
The latter parts cover the visits to historic sites and also other events involving the peoples of Syria.
Part 29 covers the tour of the Greek and Roman ruins at Apamea.
All of the footage was captured using a non-professional handheld camcorder and therefore some is not of the best standard. Nothing has been excluded and is a true record of how each event was experienced.
Our thanks as always goes to the many people of Syria who provided us with such an unforgettable experience and our hearts continue to go out to them in these truly sad times.
Copyright © 2017 The Arabian Magazine.
Apamea, Syria - Atlantis/Tartary Mop Up Op
In this video I talk about this endangered and probably mostly destroyed site in Syria called Apamea. Syrian forces have just reoccupied the city and have found serious damage to this site. It is a very unique and remarkable site and what is very interesting is the spiral fluted columns there and also the 20,000 seat stadium is built on what seems to be a much older construction where the bedrock has been worked and conditioned to be a foundation at some earlier time. Very interesting site and very much a tragedy for us all collectively.
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Apamea, Syria
Ancient Roman city was once home to 500,000 people
Apamea, Syria
Video with images of Apamea an ancient city founded in the third century BC by Seleucus a former general in the army of Alexander the Great. Located at a strategic crossroads for Eastern commerce, the city flourished to the extent that its population eventually numbered half a million.The monuments which remain were built in the Roman period.
The Great Colonnade was constructed in the second century AD, shortly after an earthquake had devastated the original Hellenistic structure. The colonnade ran in an uninterrupted straight line for almost two kilometres from north to south. The colonnade passed through the center of the city and several important buildings were clustered around it, including the baths and the Fortuna temple. The northern third of the colonnade's stretch is marked by a monumental votive column that stood opposite the baths.
The street within the colonnade was twenty metres wide and paved with large polygonal limestone blocks. On either side of the street a six metres wide colonnade ran its full length. The columns display three main designs: plain columns, fluted colums and distinctive spiral-fluted columns only to be found in Apamea. The columns had a capital of acanthus leaves. On top was a frieze of triglyphs and metopes.
Under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I several parts of the colonnade were restored. The street was narrowed to twelve metres by adding a sidewalk on either side. Several stretches of the street had their Roman pavement replaced with a new pavement made of squared blocks of limestone.
Syrien 4: Qatna, Hama, Apamea, Ebla, Aleppo
Besichtigung der Ausgrabungen von Qatna (Mishrfeh), über Hama weiter nach Apamea, einer der größten aktiven Ausgrabungsstätten Syriens. Fahrt nach Ebla, das seine Blütezeit bereits im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr. hatte und Weiterfahrt zur typisch orientalischen Stadt Aleppo.
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Association for the protection of Syrian archaeology - Website : جمعية حماية الآثار السورية
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With passion and dedication an idea in 2010 becomes a reality in 2017.
Apamea City - Syria
Ancient Roman city of Apamea. the collonaded street runs for over 1km! surrounded by lush green hills and poppies! very beautiful place
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Aleppo, Apamea, Latakia, Salah Ed-Din Castle, Ugarit, Damascus, Palmyra
Apamea
Clemens Reichel, Associate Curator, World Studies, Royal Ontario Museum, describes how Apamea was not one of the more famous cities but was the largest. It was then rebuild by the Romans after in was destroyed. To learn more about the ancient empires of Rome, Nubia and Byzantium, visit the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
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Syria: Footage shows war-wrecked Apamea Museum following SAA's recapture
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Footage filmed on Monday shows the extent of the damage inflicted on Apamea Museum, some 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of the Hama Governorate, after it was recaptured by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) from militants.
Head of the Antiquities and Museums Department in Hama, Abdul-Qader Farzat, noted that the museum was a 16th century caravanserai that offered accommodation to merchants and pilgrims travelling to Mecca during the Ottoman era.
Apamea Museum has been considered one of the country's most significant museums of mosaics, with many valuable mosaic murals collected from the region of Apamea. It also contains findings of the nearby archaeological site of Apamea.
The museum is believed to have been heavily looted and damaged after militants seized it and turned into their headquarters.
Farzat said that the museum underwent a massive destruction by militants, who he said attempted to demolish the museum's columns and mosaic murals.
The head of Hama's Antiquities and Museums Department also commended the efforts to restore the museum and preserve its contents, thanking local residents for [helping] save many of the museums antiquities.
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Military Situation Pre-Operation Kabani
Military Situation Prior to Operation Kabani
The Syrian Arab Army and paramilitary forces led by elite units will soon commence its major operation to capture strategic Kabani region, in Jabal Al-Akrad mountain range on Latakia - Idlib axis from Al-Qaeda affiliates (HTS + TIP), Chechen-led ''Caucasus Soldiers'' and their 'moderate' allies.
Kabani is the heighest region within militant-held part of Jabal Al-Akrad and overlooks northern parts of Al-Ghab plains, therefore it is a priority target for SAA.
The militants have been fortifying the area for years; Kabani axis is indeed considered as their main defensive structure before Jisr Al-Shughour city.
Once SAA manages to penetrate the first-lines of defense and capture the Kabani heights, especially Jabal Zuwayqat, remaining militant defensive structures on Jisr Al-Shughour axis are expected to collapse soon afterwards.
It will definitely be one of the hardest operations within ''Idlib Dawn military'' campaign, not to mention the extreme geographical advantage for militants. One of the ruling militia's called ''Caucasus Soldiers'' operates even most effectively in mountainous and forested areas, as the name of the chechen-led faction says it all.
Therefore, it is expected that the Syrian General Command will soon order an additional military deployment of segments from SAA elites (e.g. Tiger Forces and Syrian Republican Guard) to the Kabani front, to join the already present fourth armoured division.
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Apameia (Syria) Vacation Travel Video Guide
Travel video about destination Apameia in Syria.
The north of Syria is well known for its remarkable archaeology. In the third and second centuries B.C. the Near East was ruled by the Seleukide Realm. The origin of the ancient city of Apameia dates back to the time of the founder of this realm, Seleukos The First, a general who served under Alexander The Great.Although the surrounding fields are now covered with huge boulders this was once the location of the largest city in the Orient yet almost nothing remains of the former city of Apameia. The former wealth and power of Apameia is reflected by its impressive one point eight kilometre long colonnade. The street points precisely in a north-south direction and measures thirty seven point five metres wide. It was, and still is, the backbone of this ancient city and around four hundred columns have been rebuilt. According to various inscriptions the colonnade originated at the beginning of the first century A.D. Following a catastrophic earthquake in the twelfth century and various battles for power, the city was finally abandoned. Only the impressive colonnade now demonstrates the former influence and greatness of this legendary ancient city. Thus some of the glory of Apameia lives on!
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