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The Citadel of Aleppo, one of the oldest continuously occupied settlements in the world, richly preserves layers of its occupation from the Hittite to Ottoman periods.

The storm god is an ancient divinity that manifested itself in awe-inspiring thunderstorms and was important for agriculture.

The ancient site of Cyrrhus is located 70 kilometers northeast of Aleppo.

Tell Mozan, located in northeast Syria in the Khabur River plain, is the site of ancient Urkesh, a place associated with the Hurrians, a Bronze Age people of Upper Mesopotamia.

The Syrian town of Shayzar was, for much of its history, a strategic prize for the Muslim and Christian forces who battled for control of the region at the turn of the first millennium.

One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Aleppo preserves remnants of more than four millennia of Near Eastern history.

Amrit is an ancient Phoenician site located on the Mediterranean coast of Syria.

Jodensavanne (Jewish Savannah) was settled by a population of Sephardic Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition on mainland Europe in the mid-seventeenth century.

The rock art sites of Sabu and Jaddi are not fully documented or protected, and they are threatened by erosion and acts of vandalism.

The Aqueduct of Segovia was built during the second half of the 1st century AD.

Rising land values and a lack of legal protection are threatening Simwonjeong Pavilion, a marker of Korean national heritage, which could be irreversibly changed or even lost.

The historic character and built heritage of Bo-Kaap are under threat due to economic forces and social change.