Man on a donkey passing by the ruins of Serjilla, a Dead City located in a highland region of Idlib Governorate. Known as the Dead Cities of Syria, a series of 800 small villages from the 5th century are remarkably preserved and give the world clues to life in a small Byzantine farming community. Serjilla is only 50 miles Southwest of Aleppo, and is one of the best kept of the Dead Cities. Serjilla, Syria, 2006.