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René Dussaud's Historical Topography of Ancient and Medieval Syria, published in 1927 and long out of print, is still considered a reference work, and as René Dussaud's best contribution to archaeological and historical studies on Syria. All researchers who have studied the ancient history of Syria have necessarily resorted to this classic, still serving as a reference to identify the toponyms of Syria and Lebanon. The study is based on the use of more than 300 sources, relying in particular on the reference works in geography available at the time of the writing of the book. For each region, from Phenicia to Palmyrene, the author gives an extremely erudite description by identifying each toponym found in ancient and medieval sources and placed in a historical context: it is therefore indeed a true historical topography.

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Middle East --- Syria --- Description and travel. --- Description and travel --- Syrie antique --- Syrie médiévale --- topographie historique --- Antiquité orientale

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Published on the occasion of the Colonial Exhibition of 1931, Ancient and Medieval Syria Illustrated was commissioned by the High Commissioner of France to the Levant Henri Ponsot with the aim of promoting the archaeological riches of the region, then under French mandate. The work, produced jointly by Paul Deschamps, director of the Museum of Comparative Sculpture at the Trocadero, Henri Seyrig, Director of the Antiquities Service in Syria and Lebanon and René Dussaud, contains an album of 160 plates, each provided with a notice. Introduced by a succinct but valuable summary of the history of Syria from the earliest times to the end of Mamluk rule, it reviews an impressive number of localities and civilizations. From the Phoenician temples of Byblos to the palace of Beit ed-din via the sanctuary of Bel in Palmyra, the great mosque of Aleppo or the Crac des Chevaliers, this book is a complete panorama of the Syrian and Lebanese heritage that this book, thanks to to magnificent period photographs, offers its reader.

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Middle East --- Syria --- Antiquities. --- Description and travel. --- Description and travel --- Syrie antique --- Syrie médiévale --- Baalbeck --- Palmyre --- Alep --- Damas --- Neirab --- Sidon