Qatna (modern: Arabic: تل المشرفة, Tell al-Mishrifeh; also Tell Misrife or Tell Mishrifeh) was an ancient city located in Homs Governorate, Syria. Its remains constitute a tell situated about 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Homs near the village of al-Mishrifeh.

Qatna, as a regionally-powerful kingdom in its own right, was more than able to hold its ground until the Late Bronze Age when its fortunes faded. Even then it remained politically well-connected and potentially influential.

Jan 7, 2006 · In the Middle Bronze Age, Qatna was one of the most important centres on the coastlands of the east Mediterranean. It lay on a tributary to the river Orontes, 90km from the Mediterranean, and thus on an important crossroads: east to west from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean, and south to north – from Egypt, into Palestine and up to Anatolia ...

May 29, 2020 · Qatna, also called Katna is an archaeological site located near the village of al-Mishrifeh in the Homs Governorate of Syria. Qatna was inhabited by various Bronze age cultures, most notably the Amorites, an ancient Semitic-speaking people from Syria who also occupied large parts of southern Mesopotamia, followed by the Arameans and then the ...

Jul 28, 2021 · Qatna Archaeological Park in Tell Mishrifeh, Syria, houses the ruins of what was the thriving ancient Mesopotamian city of Qatna. Sat on an important crossroads between the Mediterranean and Mesopotamia, Palestine and Egypt, …

Qatna, modernly known as Al Mishrifeh, is an ancient city in Syria, present day Tell-el-Mishrifeh in the Wadi il-Aswad, a tributary of the Orontes, 18 km northeast of Homs.

May 27, 2024 · Today, the ruins of Qatna stand as a poignant reminder of the heights of human achievement and the impermanence of even the mightiest civilizations. But they also speak to the indomitable spirit of discovery and the thirst for knowledge that drives us to uncover and preserve the wonders of the past.

A city in western Syria first settled in the Early Bronze Age III (ca. 2700-2600 BCE). In the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1600 BCE), it became a major trading center and the capital of a regional kingdom. In the Late Bronze Age Qatna the city became a vassal of first the Mitanni Kingdom, then the Neo-Hittite Empire and Egypt.

Sep 24, 2024 · Qatna (Arabic , modern Tell elMishrife, Arabic ) is an archaeological site in the Wadi ilAswad, a tributary of the Orontes, 18km northeast of Homs, Syria. It consists in a tell occupying 1km, which makes it one of the largest Bronze Age towns in western Syria.

Visiting Qatna allows for a truly immersive experience in the rich history and archaeological wonders of the region. It offers a unique opportunity to witness the remnants of a prosperous civilization that flourished thousands of years ago.