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Bosra, the dream of every artist

Viajar en Siria es como asisitir a una clase maestra de Historia y de Arte. A veces pienso en mis profes de esas dos asignaturas del cole, seguro que ellos no han tenido la oportunidad de pasar aquí 5 o 6 meses como yo, y se morirían de envidia si lo supieran.

Esta semana ha tocado el capítulo Bosra, una ciudad 150 kilómetros al sur de Damasco, casi en la frontera con Jordania. Y fue precisamente la construcción a road that linked Damascus to Amman back in AD sI Bosra which made a key city in the region. But we can not forget that there are documents certifying the existence of this city at least since the fourteenth century BC (yes, yes, BC).

As I said, Bosra was an important point on the map of the region and the caravans that passed she went to the Muslim holy cities (Mecca and Medina) and caravans of merchants. Its geographical location is perfect, but also the fertility of the land surrounding it. Unlike Palmira , the road to Bosra is more green and into the gutter there are many stalls that sell vegetables collected, surely, that very morning in the endless fields behind.

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Another difference is that what remains of Bosra is a much darker color, almost black, because the basalt used for its construction. The Romans designed following the traditional model, the grid, and built a spectacular amphitheater will talk later because it is undoubtedly the jewel of Bosra.

As Syria is also an amazing kind of religion, yesterday I learned on my trip to the Muslim Prophet Muhammad passed by here when I was 12 years with his uncle and merchant account history that it was in Bosra where a local priest, Bahira, during a conversation about him revealed theology their future vocation of a prophet. Bosra today houses one of the oldest mosques in the world, where the Prophet's camel knelt.

Bosra

But it also has the ruins of what was once the largest cathedral in the region, built in the sixth century masterpiece artuitectura Cristina and that was one of the first that combined a square base with a round dome. They tried to build several times and failed several times, until they succeeded. Today little remains of this architectural landmark. And is that also Bosra past numerous villages of the Nabatean Arabs, passing by the Romans and the very Queen Zenobia .

But as I said before, the wonder of Bosra's amphitheater. They say those who know what is the best preserved of the world. I must admit that I was afraid that this journey let me down, in order to European accounts as I have seen plenty of Roman ruins before. However, it is amazing the feeling I felt when I peek into the amphitheater. Immediately I moved in time to the second century, when it was built.

I do not know how to define in words the feelings that took over me. Suddenly I imagined as part of the public enjoying a show, but also as one of the artists on stage, or a choreographer backstage.

The place is huge. Fit at the time 15,000 people in a city where they lived about 80,000. ie one in 5 people could be in as a spectator with no problem! It's as if Madrid had a stadium that could accommodate a million spectators. Awesome.

I wish these photos could convey to the magnitude and grandeur of this place, but I doubt it.

I spent over an hour sitting in their stands just watching the place, imagining the feeling that should lead in due course. They say the acoustics are so good you could hear no problem from anywhere in the voice of artists. Also according to legend, during the shows sprayed the area with water flavored to make the experience unique, and help to better withstand high summer temperatures.

And now that I have visited the ruins of Palmyra , castle Krak des Chevaliers , the monastery of Deir Mar Musa Bosra and I find it hard to choose my favorite place in Syria ...

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Palmyra - Queen of the Desert

In the desert, surrounded by an oasis of palm trees, hiding the ruins of Palmyra. An area of \u200b\u200b50 hectares is home to hundreds of columns, an amphitheater, the Temple of Bel, funeral towers and so on.

The first references to Palmyra are the second millennium BC the Hebrew Bible and quoted the city established by King Solomon, son of David. Its privileged location as well as the above make this oasis city of step-and weight-on the Silk Road between China and the Mediterranean.

It was in the IIIrd century AD Palmira was when it reached its zenith under the tutelage of Queen Zenobia. As the story goes, Zenobia was a descendant of Cleopatra, but even more beautiful, smarter and even more ambitious. His reign was brief but intense. In just six years expanded the city, build in her temples and statues erected until the conquered territories west of Egypt. Successfully confronted the Roman Empire, but this milestone also marked its end. The Romans did not give up and the punishment was harsh. Zenobia was eventually imprisoned and exhibited in Rome with huge gold chains binding her body.

Zenobia of Palmyra was an empire rich and developed, with its own language and art. The limestone and gold of the surrounding mountains are a symbol of that empire, which today are amazing ruins. A colonnade a mile long is mixed with sand and desert colors while the amphitheater, recently renovated, takes us to a world very different from ours.

Visit Palmyra is a trip back to that in which different cultures were mixed legacy of the peoples that occupied it, because after the Romans came the Arabs and in the seventh century and the Ottoman Empire, with which its importance waned completely.

A good example of the mixture of cultures is the temple of Bel. Its courtyard is 210 by 205 meters is also full of columns and even though it is half destroyed still reflects what must have been in its heyday. This temple was originally a place of sacrifice to the god Bel (the equivalent of Zeus), after a church in Byzantine times, a fortress with the Arab and Mamluk mosque. But its glory was completed in the fifteenth century, when a raid was destroyed along with the rest of the city. It was not until the XVII century when it was rediscovered by explorers extremely brave (the trip from Aleppo and Damascus at that time was dangerous and very long, about 4 days through the desert) and into the nineteenth no interest to archaeologists, that still working today in the area.

In the distance, almost hidden in the colors of desert towers are erected huge funeral that belonged to the noble families of Palmyra. Is the valley of the tombs.

But the extent of the ruins is such that it can only be appreciated and seen as worth from the Qal Ibn Maan, a sixteenth-century Arab fortress built atop a nearby mountain. It was built by a Lebanese prince who tried to conquer the desert of Palmyra without much success, but the legacy left us this incredible vantage point to admit that for centuries was one of the most glorious cities in the region.

* Photos taken by the elf

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Travelling to hell

begin to seriously consider opening a new blog where you only talk about bad experiences in airports, airplanes, travel, bad experiences with flight attendants, security, etc other passengers. I think we all have many such stories to tell, almost all so negative, and that I, that's what I want to share these wonderful stories, but are just so terrible that they were at the time and still survive.

here recently told one of my recent travels and hardships and Carlos has been sharing the details of his latest stories. I tell another and if you urge to leave comments with your experiences may get laugh together ...

When I was 24 years in Washington DC airport was put between the eyes to an immigration agent who was traveling to his country to marry illegally, so he gave me a big red folder and I said pass into a dark room at the back of an alley. There were people of various nationalities waiting, everyone seemed tired, irritable and somewhat desperate. I guess I did too. Soon came another agent and got me into a small room, well lit, where there was only one table and two chairs. He sat in one, I on the other side Tables in the other. And there are simply more or less than to wonder if he came to marry and to insist that this was not the way to do it, there are procedures to legally marry. At one point I was so upset with him that I had the bright idea of \u200b\u200basking and what is the way? And that just led us to spend hours, two, three, four ... in that room with him again and again asking the same thing. Again and again. I was not going to get married and I was irritated by the situation but also had some fear, could they really deport me just like that, simply because he felt like a hick I wanted to stay in their country illegally? And there were still, one on each side of the table, it being a real jerk and I increasingly frustrated, tired, thirsty. Finally I gave a vote of confidence and told me they were going to open my bags, if they found a wedding dress would go straight to jail if they did not find anything suspicious could leave the airport.

As you may have guessed there was no wedding dress in the suitcase and I was finally free, but I have not fly to that airport.

What about you what has happened to you lately?

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to the pioneers of IVF.

The Nobel Prize in Medicine this year has been granted to the English biologist Robert G. Edwards. Although the Nobel only granted in life, the award also should be considered for the gynecologist Patrick Steptoe , who died in 1988 and was the associate of Edwards in the implementation of the first IVF cycle in history. The result of that treatment was the birth of the baby Louis Brown on 25 July 1978.
The process was very different from today. Oocyte recovery only (no ovarian stimulation) was not performed by transvaginal puncture since the ultrasound apparatus and then did not allow it through laparoscopy was performed by Dr. Steptoe.
is estimated that since then, more than 4 million children have been born through assisted reproduction treatment. Not only that, these children have grown and have children as their own Louis Brown who gave birth after a pregnancy conceived naturally in 2006.

Dr. Steptoe left together with R. Edwards right