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Habuba Kabira, water reservoir for field-irrigation, in the background motor pump of the well
Noria (water wheel) axis
Introducing the blue dye in boiling water to the silk threads. This process is repeated several times until the silk absorbs the blue dye effectively
Jurn Kabir, inside a traditional living room, equipped with wooden door and window, water basin and felt carpet (lubbad)
A view of an-Nuri mosque and the Kilaniyya norias (water wheels), Hama
A small noria (water wheel) on the Orontes river
Wakil house, courtyard with water basin
A view of an-Nuri Mosque and the Kilaniyya Norias (water wheels), Hama
The courtyard of at-Takiyya as-Sulaymaniyya with a water fountain
al-Lajat region, ancient cistern for storing water
The wheel hub of a water scoop wheel (arab. noria)
Introducing the blue dye in boiling water to the silk threads. This process is repeated several times until the silk absorbs the blue dye effectively
Hanging dyed silk to dry after washing it in cold water
Hanging dyed silk to dry after washing it in cold water
Jurn Kabir, children at the sabil of a private house, where people passing find potable water
Busra – Madrasat Abu al-Fidaʾ and (pond) Birkat al-Hajj, filled with rain water
The water of Khabur is near Raʾs al-ʿAyn strongly sulphurous
A herd of sheep is drinking from a pool of water in al-Hawl area near Iraqian border
Tall Mumbaqa, View to the north: shore of Assad-Lake with pumps
Al-Jisriyya norias (water wheel), Hama
Fig.24_ashlar voussoire stones within rubble field
View of the Orontes valley at low water
al-Husn Church, remains of basilica’s wall, which constitue the boundary of an agricultural field
An irrigation canal in the Eastern Ghouta
Jurn Kabir, the fertile plain of the Euphrates with floodplain forest in the background before the flooding of the Tishrin Dam
Children from the region, Krak des Chevaliers in the background
Manbij, cemetry and new buildings in the background, view from the south
Yabrud: making Burghul, in background a wall in a special pisé-technique
Artificial irrigation, al-Ghab Plain
