Ross Burns is the author of two works on the archaeology and history of Syria. Monuments
of Syria was first published in 1992 and has since had a succession of paperback and revised
editions including one in French. It has just been re-published in a thoroughly revised third
English edition by I B Tauris, London.

‘In 2005, he also published Damascus – A History (Routledge, London), the only examination
at book length in English of this key Arab capital. This is now available in a paperback edition.

Ross is currently preparing a doctorate in the archaeology of the Roman provinces of the
Eastern Empire and has lectured to a range of institutions in Australia. He was for many year
in the Australian Foreign Service and had a number of Middle Eastern assignments. He is also scheduled to lead tours to Syria and Jordan for the British travel company, Martin Randall Tours,
and for the Melbourne firm, Australians Studying Abroad.