The mystery of the ancient city in the desert

Ancient citadel in the Syrian desert

Looking across the vast desert with a golden color of sand seems impossible to find the horizon, the daytime the highest temperature can reach more than 40 degrees Celsius, the evening can drop to -40 degrees Celsius. Such land to animals does not dare to try to ask anyone who wants to settle in this harsh land?

Miraculously, in 1862 French archaeologist Me Dawallgai first discovered hundreds of ancient citadel sank for more than 1,000 years in the northern Syrian desert . From the kings, high-altitude shrines with wide walls and on the white stone lava layer spread on the ground, we do not easily see the old prosperity of these ancient citadel. Only through the quiet and impoverished streets with sandstorms flying and the sandy houses lost half of us can see this is a "Dead City".

According to historical records, more than 6000 years ago, this was the axis of traffic from Syria to countries in the West and the East, one of the lands of ancient civilization. Such a prosperous city, why does the humanity neglect making it a "Dead City" like today?

An archaeologist said that it could be due to the economic recession. In 611, King Parsian defeated Antiosz, cutting off the road to Western countries, causing traders to cross the land. The trade here cannot be circulated so the economy is stagnant, the ancient citadel is also so that from the flourishing scene to decline.

Ancient citadel in the Syrian desert

There are archaeologists who disagree with that view, saying that economic reasons do not affect the decline of the ancient citadel, but that water is still the most valuable asset . Although the ancient citadel has a system of intertwined rivers and canals, there are many water reservoirs, but if it does not rain, water becomes an important issue to ensure the survival or destruction of the people here. In addition, the Roman empire not far from this land, the Bizantine empire is also increasingly prosperous, a large number of the population in the ancient city moved to other places to live is inevitable. Along with the flow of time, this ancient citadel also became ruined.

So what causes those people to build the castle in the desert? For the harsh environment around the ancient city, how do they solve the problem of survival? For them to say, worrying about life here is not simple, so how can they still be able to create the legend of building an ancient city? These questions actually make many unexplained archaeologists step by step waiting for new practical evidence to find the answer.