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Corner of a Bedouin tent from goat hair during the desert festival in ar-Rusafa
ar-Rusafa, Bedouin women cook sheep meat on open fireplaces on the occasion of the desert festival
Manbij, Vegetable and fruit vendor in the centre
Habuba Kabira, maintenance of the house by a further exterior plastering
Habuba Kabira, construction of a mud brick house before the circular of the domes is started
Habuba Kabira, Construction of the relieving arch, on which 2 cantilever domes are to rest
Habuba Kabira, inside the double-dome room with its relief arch
Habuba Kabira, the plastered new dome house and its garden
Habuba Kabira, the new dome house has received its first plaster layer
Habuba Kabira, view into a plastered cantilever dome with openings and decorative layer
View from airplane to the upper reaches of the Sajur (mainly on Turkish territory, border strip of Syria visible at upper right)
House with mud decoration as door framing in the village of Qalʿat Najm, that was flooded by the Tishrin dam
People gathering near a government office, Raqqa
Hammam Bahram Basha, the cold section (barrani)
Jamiʿ al-Khayr, upper part of the main entrance – foundation inscription
ʿAyn al ʿArus, Stone arcades
Tall Abyad, Historical watermil of ʿAyn al ʿArus
Ithriya Temple – Some archaeological finds
Habuba Kabira, mixture of sifted raw loam, chaff and water to produce clay bricks therefrom
Habuba Kabira, how three cantilever domes are connected (two cantilever domes are posed on a relieving arch)
Habuba Kabira, building a cantilever dome house – in the foreground clay bricks, which are to be used soon
Habuba Kabira, upper part of a cantilever dome construction
Habuba Kabira, the stacked bricks under the relieving arch are removed by the master bilder
Habuba Kabira, construction of a relieving arch using piled bricks, which are later removed
Habuba Kabira, during the construction of cantilever domes, the mortar is pulled up using a bucket
Habuba Kabira, in the courtyard clay bricks are lying out to dry
Habuba Kabira, master builder and his helper constructing the walls of a mud brick house
Habuba Kabira, shell of the dome house made of dried clay bricks with quarry stone base
Jurn Kabir, a tawny owl, which occurs there frequently
Habuba Kabira, Milking a goat in the courtyard: Grandmother and granddaughters
