4to. A run of 51 years (years 1951, 1966 are in 2 parts, year 1983 in 3 parts), texts in Arabic, French, English & German, b/w illustrations, maps, plans, drawings, modern hard back binding, title gilt in Arabic on spine, Volume XVIII - 1968 Tomes 1 & 2 in lightly soiled original wrappers, otherwise set in very good condition, Ministère de la Culture, Direction Générale des Antiquites et des Musees, République Arabe Syrienne, Damas, 1951-2015.

Synopsis

This set is missing the years 1954-1955, and 1964. It is worth noting that the last issue published was in 2015. The years 1993-1995, 1997-1998 and 2000 were never published.
The first issue of Les Annales Archeologiques Arabes Syriennes (AAAS) journal appeared in 1951. It is an archaeology and history journal published by the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums of the Syrian Arab Republic. The journal comprised studies, research, archaeological and historical discoveries, highlighting the scientific and archaeological contribution of the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums with the aim to disseminate the archaeological culture of Syria in the country itself, in the Arab world and in the international scientific community.
The first issues cover the results of the excavations conducted by the French historian Schaefer in Ugarit in the area of Ras Shamra.