It was founded by Uz, the grandson of Noah.

"The early history of Damascus is shrouded in the mists of a hoary antiquity." Leave the matters written of in the first eleven chapters of the Old Testament out, and no recorded event has occurred in the world but Damascus was in existence to receive the news of it.

Go back as far as you will into the vague past, there was always a Damascus.

In the writings of every century for more than four thousand years, its name has been mentioned and its praises sung.

To Damascus, years are only moments, decades are only flitting trifles of time.