Aventurier, voyageurs et savants. A la découverte archéologique de la Syrie. XVIIe-XXIe siècle. Celte Transgression returns in a more

Transgression returns in a more accessible edition that is still as rich in visual discoveries as ever

to its final phase in villas in the wealthy residential area of the Gulf of Naples

I am always struck with admiration by the enthusiasm

three monumental gates provide access to the domains of Hathor

Aventurier, voyageurs et savants. A la découverte archéologique de la Syrie. XVIIe-XXIe siècle. Celte Transgression returns in a moreIn Syria, a land of passage for millennia, each civilization has left its mark and thousands of sites have been recorded there. However, it was not until the end of the 17th century that Europeans began to take an interest in these remains. The description of Palmyra by Pastor Halifax in 1691, then that of the "antiquarians" Robert Wood and James Dawkins in 1751, as well as the travelogue of Richard Pococke in 1737, were at the origin of a real craze