Maryamin, Homs

Maryamin (Arabic: مريمين, also spelled Mariamin or Meriamen) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate starting from 2008 after being part of the Hama Governorate,[1] located in Homs Gap southwest of Hama.

Nearby localities include Aqrab, Nisaf and Baarin to the north, Kafr Kamrah and Mashta al-Helu to the west, Shin, al-Shinyah and al-Qabu to the south, and Taldou and Tell Dahab to the east.

[3][4] Maryamin is believed to be located on the site of a town founded by Ramses II of the New Kingdom of Egypt.

An important late fourth-century mosaic[6] from the Byzantine era was discovered in the ruins of a villa in Maryamin in 1960.

[10] The Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi noted that Maryamin was "one of the villages of Hims" when he visited in 1225, during Ayyubid rule.

Late 4th century AD "Mosaic of the Musicians" with organ , aulos , oxyvaphi , and lyre from a Byzantine villa in Maryamin [ 5 ] [ 6 ]