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Ḥimṣ, also spelled Homs, Mosque of Khālid ibn al-Walīd in Hims, Syria. [Credit: Mohammad Adil Rais]city, central Syria. The city is situated near the Orontes River at the eastern end of Syria’s only natural gateway from the Mediterranean coast to the interior. It occupies the site of ancient Emesa, which contained a great temple to the sun god El Gebal (Aramaic; Latin: Elagabalus; Greek: Heliogabalus). Emesa was ruled by a line of priest-kings throughout the Roman Empire, and two of its nobility rose to become emperor, Elagabalus and Severus Alexander. Aurelian (reigned ad 270–275) made the town his headquarters and there defeated Queen Zenobia of Palmyra. It was taken ... (100 of 316 words)

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