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Asis mountain: Syrian archeological site that embraces ancient Umayyad palaces in desert
Damascus, SANA –  Asis mountain is located in Syrian al-Hammad volcanic region to the south-east side of Damascus, forming part of Houran mount. The name was discovered in a carved text on basalt rock dating back to the Umayyad era and it is now preserved in the National Museum of Damascus. The site is nearly 100 km to the south-east of Damascus city and it is administratively affiliated to Douma region. Archaeologist, Mahmoud Hammoud, says that historian Yaqut al-Hamawi mentioned the mount in Mu’jam al-Buldan (dictionary of the countries), describing it as a shrine for Umayyad Caliph al-Walid Ibn Abd al-Malik. As for the archeological works that took place in the site, Hammoud added that t

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