oldest towns in Syria

Hama belongs to the oldest towns in Syria, which were inhabited without interruption. Year-long excavations on the Tell, located in the midst of the modern town, were conducted by Danish archaeologists in 1930s. They brought forth evidence of a settlement sequence that started at least with the 7th millennium BC. Hama is of wide renown above all as the capital of the Aramaic kingdom Hamath during the first quarter of the 1st millennium BC. town is attested as an importance trade centre