Ancient City of Damascus Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, ...

Get facts, photos, and travel tips for the ancient city of Damascus, a World Heritage site in Syria, from National Geographic.

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Founded in 3,000 BC, Damascus is one of the most ancient continuously inhabited cities of the Middle East and foreigners have flocked to it throughout history.

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From Damascus, Syria, to Athens, Greece, here are 14 of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

His presence brought fame to the city for centuries and made it a centre for Sufi mysticism, adding to the notion of not only Mount Qasioun but all of Damascus being a "holy place".