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\u201cThe \u2018Damascus\u2019 Pronouncement. Behold, Damascus shall cease to be a city; It shall become a heap of ruins.The towns of Aroer shall be deserted; They shall be a place for flocks To lie down, with none disturbing. Fortresses shall cease from Ephraim, And sovereignty from Damascus\u2026\u201d (verses 1-3)<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This prophecy was apparently spoken against the background of the treaty that was signed between Aram and Israel, in the days of Pekah ben Ramalyahu (Isaiah 7). In it, Isaiah prophesies about the destruction of Damascus, the capital of Aram, together with the destruction of the kingdom of Israel. Damascus will be abandoned, and its habitations will be a wasteland. Instead of houses and thriving cities, there will be empty fields where animals will graze, and the symbols of rule, the fortress and the kingdom, will disappear.<\/span><\/p>\n

Present day Syria is an arid, desert zone, where the region next to Israel, just to the east of the Golan Heights, is the frontier, the desert\u2019s edge. All throughout the history of the Bashan and Horan (southern Syria) there were changes that were indicative of the nature of the ruling powers: when the government was strong, settlement and cultivation thrived, but when the ruling powers were weak, and unsupportive, the desert would expand westward, and the frontier would approach the Galilee.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, next to Israel on the east, a civil war has been raging in Syria for close to a decade. During the war, massive numbers of citizens have been killed, and whole towns destroyed. Are we witnessing a similar situation to what Isaiah imagined? Will the war that is going on on the other side of the Rokad river and the border allow the desert to encroach once again? Will the population suffer the same destruction that Isaiah envisioned?<\/span><\/p>\n

Another aspect of having a problematic central government is the destruction of major archaeological sites and finds, and the loss of the historical heritage. There has been severe damage to the temple at Tadmor,* the museum at Musul, and at Palmyra, Krak and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Is there any hope to put an end to the killing and to the destruction of cultural heritage?<\/span><\/p>\n

*Tadmor (photo): An ancient city in present day Syria; an important way station for trade between the Parthian and Roman empires. Stunning architectural ruins from the classical period have been preserved, despite constant habitation. In 1980, Tadmor was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO.<\/span><\/p>\n

Written by: Oren Zingbaum, archaeologist of the Golan region, the Antiquities Authority.<\/span><\/p>\n

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