Idlib · Tell Mardikh · An ancient city’s archive

Ebla / Tell Mardikh

An archaeological site associated with written records from the Bronze Age.

Syria placed Ebla on its UNESCO Tentative List. Excavations and the recovered archive inform its history. Archival images do not establish visiting conditions today.

Explore what the tablets reveal about ancient administration and daily life.

Place photograph · Haubi|Gerhard Haubold · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Ebla / Tell Mardikh

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