"It wasn't the earthquake but the destruction of our home ... No place was worse hit than Antakya, the site of the ancient city of Antioch, where 90 percent of its buildings were lost and more ...

When it came to describing the devastation wrought on Antioch by the earthquake of 526, the Byzantine chronicler John Malalas told a tale of fire and brimstone not unlike that of February 2023.

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A former general of Alexander the Great founded Antioch in 300 BC. The city has suffered several earthquakes -- almost one every 100 years -- and is no stranger to rebuilding. There were ...