
An undated handout picture made available on 10 November 2010 by the Aleppo Antiquities Department shows a stone jar recently discovered, along with other finds, at Tel al-Abr near Aleppo in northern Syria. The jar dates back to the tenth millennium BC. EPA/ALEPPO ANTIQUITIES DEPARTEMENT/ HO

An undated handout picture made available on 10 November 2010 by the Aleppo Antiquities Department shows a stone jar shaped like a bull recently discovered, along with other finds, at Tel al-Abr near Aleppo in northern Syria. The jar dates back to the tenth millennium BC. EPA/ALEPPO ANTIQUITIES DEPARTEMENT/ HO

An undated handout picture made available on 10 November 2010 by the Aleppo Antiquities Department shows stone tablet recently discovered at Tel al-Abr near Aleppo in northern Syria. The tablet dates back to the tenth millennium BC. EPA/ALEPPO ANTIQUITIES DEPARTEMENT/ HO

An undated handout picture made available on 10 November 2010 by the Tartous Antiquities Department shows one of the three giant mosaics recently discovered in Banyas city in northern Syria. The 25 x 15 m
mosaics dates back to the Roman era. EPA/Tartous Antiquities Department / HOepa An undated handout picture made available on 10 November 2010 by the Tartous Antiquities Department shows one of the three giant mosaics recently discovered in Banyas city in northern Syria. The 25 x 15 mmosaics dates back to the Roman era. EPA/Tartous Antiquities Department / HO

An undated handout picture made available on 10 November 2010 by the Tartous Antiquities Department shows one of the three giant mosaics recently discovered in Banyas city in northern Syria. The 25 x 15 m
mosaics dates back to the Roman era. EPA/Tartous Antiquities Department / HOepa An undated handout picture made available on 10 November 2010 by the Tartous Antiquities Department shows one of the three giant mosaics recently discovered in Banyas city in northern Syria. The 25 x 15 mmosaics dates back to the Roman era. EPA/Tartous Antiquities Department / HO

An undated handout picture made available on 10 November 2010 by the Tartous Antiquities Department shows the three giant mosaic recently discovered in Banyas city in northern Syria. The 25 x 15 m
mosaics dates back to the Roman era. EPA/Tartous Antiquities Department / HOepa An undated handout picture made available on 10 November 2010 by the Tartous Antiquities Department shows the three giant mosaic recently discovered in Banyas city in northern Syria. The 25 x 15 mmosaics dates back to the Roman era. EPA/Tartous Antiquities Department / HO