Jebel Khalid

Australian excavations starting in 1986 discovered the remains of a Hellenistic, Seleucid town perhaps founded by Seleucus I Nicator.

[1] The town flourished till around 70 BC and was then abandoned.

[2] Due to the political situation in Syria the excavations stopped in 2010.

The city stretches along the Euphrates and is surrounded by a wall, about 3.4 km long.

Within the city wall are the remains of a governor's palace,[3] a temple of the Amphiprostyle type [4] and palaestra.