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Informal (unplanned) settlements spread in the Ghouta, 1980s
Palmyra, Baal Temple – Temenos wall with propylaeum and view towards the oasis
Tall Mumbaqa, Feast in a goat-hair tent during the excavation
Tall Mumbaqa, Women prepare salad for the banquet of the excavation
Tall Mumbaqa, View to the north: shore of Assad-Lake with pumps
Remains of ‘Ayn Dara temple built of basalt stones
Tall Dahab, Guesthouse of a village with sculptural decoration of the facade
Tall Dahab, Bedding pile in the family’s living and storage room
Tall Dahab, Cement-fixed area where rinsing or washing is carried out, body washing may take place there too
Tall Dahab, Back of the guest house with surrounding scultural ornamentation
Ruin of a double room house in the village Qalʿat Najm
Tall Dahab, Central hall house – the width of the hall corresponds to the recess in the facade, the loggia is used for the stay
Tall Dahab, Woman carrying firewood
Bedouin girl with saddle bag, that was weaved by her mother
Raqqa, Raqqa, Bedouin family in their tent
Camels and camel herder on way home after transporting cotton sacks in the fields of the Euphrates valley
Woman in the outskirts of Raqqa presenting an embroidered cushion sitting on the houses terrace
Baking of bread in tannur near to a field of maize in the outskirts of ar-Raqqa
Preparing dinner in the courtyard of a mud brick house in the outskirts of Raqqa
Waqf of Ibshir Mustafa Pasha, Coffeehouse, view on the roof
Tall Dahab, Central hall house , sleeping platform in the foreground
In al-Hayat/Balikh valley, procedure for calcination of gypsum (1st step), fuel is placed on a natural gypsum layer
When milking a flock of sheep in the Syrian Jazira
Shahba, View to the historic center of the town
Monastry St. Sergius on the edge of the mountain plain overlooking Maʿlula
The historical centre of Maʿlula with St. Lawandius Church and hillside houses facing the valley
Raqqa, Qasr al-Banat, documentation sheet of courtyard with northern Iwan
Raqqa – Qasr al-Banat – stone decorations
Raqqa, Qasr al-Banat, clay decorations
