''Syria'', subtitled ''Archéologie, art et histoire'' (until 2005 ''Revue d’art oriental et d’archéologie''), is a
multidisciplinary
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and
multilingual
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academic journal
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covering the
Semitic Middle East
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from prehistory to the
Islamic conquest
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. It is published by the
Institut français du Proche-Orient
The French Institute of the Near East (french: Institut français du Proche-Orient, IFPO) is part of the network of French Research Centers abroad. It has branches in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq.
History
The IFPO was created in 2003 by ...
and was established in 1920.
For 19 years (1978–1997), archaeologist
Ernest Will edited the journal. The current
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is
Maurice Sartre
Maurice Sartre (born 3 October 1944) is a French historian, an Emeritus professor of ancient history at the François Rabelais University, a specialist in ancient Greek and Eastern Roman history, especially the Hellenized Middle East, from Alexand ...
(Institut français du Proche-Orient). From 2011 to 2014 the journal was abstracted and indexed in
Scopus
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.
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Multilingual journals
Middle Eastern studies journals
Multidisciplinary humanities journals
Publications established in 1920
Annual journals
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