Ruins 2 (IMAGE) Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology Caption Ruins of late antique villages in the Limestone Massif in Syria: rural settlements in the Roman and Sassanian Near East expanded during the Late Antique Little Ice Age Credit Artur Rodziewicz Usage Restrictions Please provide credit information with reuse License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.