The city of Ras al-Ain in the north-west of the island Syrian, in the province of Hasaka which is located in the northeast of Syria, the capital city of Ras Al Ain distance of 85 km from the city of Hasaka, the juxtaposition of the Turkish border and has an area of 23 thousand square kilometers.
Reason named head eye due to its location on the largest eyes of the headwaters of the Khabur which was transporting our merchants to Baghdad and other cities of Mesopotamia.
Ras al-Ain is already a committee of Jinan Syrian land in the island, as it combines history that spans six thousand years in time Valley, and scenic nature that were filled with net as glass eyes, and sulfur springs water
Which are used as a natural remedy for many skin diseases and before this and that it is a city that has managed to capture the Khalid ibn al-Walid when he opened it.
Have proven archaeological discoveries made in the village of Tal NATO since 1899 by a German archaeologist Max von Oppenheim that Tel NATO is only City Ras Al Ain historical same old, and there other names have changed the name of Tel NATO as it was called at the top of the eye name Tel Alfajaria and Oachokane and Fasheukane and Guzana workshops kind and appointed Rose and confirms archaeologists and historians that the Organization of springs Khabour was a base for civilization people Allsoppara which has for long centuries in this region that each command to the tribes descended from the north-west and captured the country Sobarto but it did not last long for these tribes, The element Ari fell from the north-east after the middle of the third millennium BC.. And settled in the area springs Khabur in Tel NATO and founded the state Almitanih, then crawled Assyrians State Almitanih and seized and destroyed its capital Fasheukane or Ras al-Ain but they did not settle because of the wars between them and the Hittites, which paved the way for the emergence of the state Aramaic which was founded by King Cabara "believed that the name of the river Khabour came from the name of this king, "Ben Viadeano" and make base when springs Khabour selected Tel NATO based in the tenth century BC. M.. has Tephlat Tasr first king of Assyria invaded the state Aramaic and destroyed the city of Tel NATO Ras al-Ain and since then the island became the Syrian province Assyrian until the collapse of this country at the hands of the Persians and then seized by the Greeks and then the Romans who became in their reign in the ranks of the major cities, and the area was the field of conflict between the Persians and the Romans to be seized by the Persians in 602 during the reign of Emperor Phocas.
Also found on seals dating back to the era of the Kingdom Almitanih major addition to the pieces of bronze such as contracts, bracelets and rings in the Aramean period also found a cemetery dating back to the reign of Camara was found on a piece representing newspaper thin gold were placed on the mouth of the Dead to prevent evil spirits from access to his body and also found tray of ivory adorned gold thread and within five sections containing one red paint and along the box tool silver small extend paint and discovered German mission in 1955 remains of the temple due to the Assyrian era first addition to the articles bone and ivory and cups bases elaborate manufacture of the Assyrian East and on the Tools ceramic of the Assyrian New Testament then found Ras Al Ain Municipality during drilling operations were carried out on the statue of black basalt stone two-meter has a long beard, and returns to the Assyrian.
It archaeological mission structure Royal built by King Aramaic Cabara bin Viadeano as found on the name of the king on one of the walls discovered were also found on the wall has five pillars of square-shaped and more than a hundred Rock Painting-era Allsoppara indicate that human Ras Al Ain had submitted in lifestyles which is based on agriculture, were also able to make pottery neat with multiple colors bright, and knew this man how melted copper and make it different tools, or making small statues of silt burned represent ladies mutilation is full, and the most beautiful showed discoveries, Fishing monster and pictures of vehicles pulled by two horses and riding Maharban images and battles between human eye view, black and predators and famous residents Ras Al Ain industry knives, axes, dishes and mugs ceramic also famous women Ras Al Ain decorate themselves with jewels and ornaments, pearls, were found on the rings studded with stones, precious and bracelets gold.
Since 1962 Warning people for the emergence of nozzle small flock of water Green, six kilometers from the top of the eye and since that time has remained the nozzle accommodate remained flow sulfur water on the rise, until it became the crater small lake and became the spring gives 43,200 cubic meters / hour, amounting degree heat this spring called into sulfur 27 degrees Celsius and it happens Falls striking at its mouth, standing beneath a substitute for massages and makes every cell of the body announces pleased in their own way, and appointed sulfur is only a hole big circle, explode them water bright green is about the same with great power, so it looks like a boil before boiling and rushes outside vessel in Turabi Red, a springboard in the course of winding steep, spearheaded by white rocks, and then ends in a small lake formed then a beautiful waterfall and plenty, and soon mixed with spring water sulfur reaches General Khabour River, estimated Some depth this spring two hundred meters and more, and some claim that it is not his decision, but Ghazarth reached 458 m cubic / sec, so appointed sulfur compared with springs in Syria are a source giant of mineral water are rare in the region, which is also from the mineral springs huge in the world, its waters warm a useful health, it is usual to bathe people out at the end of the Hungarian slope of the eye, where formed a small lake shallow, quiet stream relatively crowded Wishing in medical treatment, by mineral water, where tests proved by the Ministry of Health that sulfur water in Ras al-Ain unfit to handle a lot of skin diseases and pulmonary.
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Syria