Dead Cities

group of abandoned settlements in northwest Syria
Place archaeological_site Q393841
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Dead Cities

Summary

Dead Cities is an archaeological site[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dead Cities is located in Syria[3].
  • Dead Cities is in the country of Syria[4].
  • Dead Cities's image is recorded as Serjilla 01.jpg[5].
  • Dead Cities's image is recorded as Overview of St. Simeons from the North Syria.jpg[6].
  • Dead Cities's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[7].
  • Dead Cities's instance of is recorded as abandoned village[8].
  • Dead Cities's Commons category is recorded as Dead cities[9].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Church of Saint Simeon Stylites[10].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Serjilla[11].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Bara[12].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Basufan[13].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Barisha[14].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Qalb Loze[15].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Barad[16].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Cyrrhus[17].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Turmanin[18].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Banabil[19].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Kafr Aruq[20].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Kafr Dariyan[21].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Babuline[22].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Hazarin[23].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Jarada[24].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Maghara[25].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Shinan[26].
  • Dead Cities's has part is recorded as Farkya[27].

Body

Geography

Dead Cities is in the country of Syria[4]. It is located in Syria[3].

Physical Characteristics

Dead Cities's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+12290'}[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[7] and abandoned village[8]. Dead Cities's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site[29].

Why It Matters

Dead Cities ranks in the top 6% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . World Heritage Site. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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