El Kowm, an oasis since the dawn of time

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Paleolithic scene

«El Kowm, an oasis since the dawn of time» is a scientific video produced by the ARCAN laboratory, in collaboration with the Damascus Museum and the El Kowm-Mureybet Mission of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE). This video presents the prehistory of the Levant in the El Kowm region, at the heart of the Syrian steppe.

Human occupation in this region dates back 1.8 million years and has continued up to the present day. Several scenes reconstruct the environment and human activities during the Paleolithic, Epipaleolithic, and Neolithic periods, faithfully based on scientific evidence. This journey through time highlights both the archaeological material culture and the fauna and flora that ensured the subsistence and long-term survival of human groups in the arid environment of central Syria.

 

El Kowm, une histoire d'avant l'écriture

El Kowm, an oasis since the dawn of time

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11 Jun 2026

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