When a massive earthquake struck Antakya, Turkey, in 2023 (see Going, Going, Gone: Devastation in Antakya), this was, sadly, far from the first time. A long history of devastating earthquakes—along with thick alluvial deposits from the Orontes River—explains why so little of the ancient Greco-Roman city, Antioch-on-the-Orontes, survives and why neither the imperial residence nor … Continue reading Antioch’s Silent Guardians