In a small village on the Khabur: foreign visitors are welcomed

In a small village on the Khabur: foreign visitors are welcomed

Irrigation canal, al-Furat al-Aʿla (the Upper Euphrates Valley)

Irrigation canal, al-Furat al-Aʿla (the Upper Euphrates Valley)

An artificial irrigation canal, al-Furat al-Aʿla (the Upper Euphrates Valley)

An artificial irrigation canal, al-Furat al-Aʿla (the Upper Euphrates Valley)

Salt production in extraction, possibly in as-Sabkha in the Euphrates Valley

Salt production in extraction, possibly in as-Sabkha in the Euphrates Valley

Picnic on the Euphrates bank, al-Furat al-Aʿla (the Upper Euphrates Valley)

Picnic on the Euphrates bank, al-Furat al-Aʿla (the Upper Euphrates Valley)

An artificial canal, al-Furat al-Aʿla (the Upper Euphrates Valley)

An artificial canal, al-Furat al-Aʿla (the Upper Euphrates Valley)

North-East Syria, the Upper Euphrates

North-East Syria, the Upper Euphrates

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, The domes of the houses built in the 1930s were often flattened later.

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, The domes of the houses built in the 1930s were often flattened later.

Al-Asad artificial lake, view to the Tabqa dam

Al-Asad artificial lake, view to the Tabqa dam

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, The flattened dome roofs have just received new plastering.

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, The flattened dome roofs have just received new plastering.

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Woman builds a silo for her supplies during the winter

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Woman builds a silo for her supplies during the winter

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Entrance corridor in front of the collapsed cupola house

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Entrance corridor in front of the collapsed cupola house

Manmade caves in the Euphrates valley near embouchure of Sajur-river close to al-Awshariyya

Manmade caves in the Euphrates valley near embouchure of Sajur-river close to al-Awshariyya

Women and children (of a family of former nomads) in one of the Upper Euphrates Valley villages

Women and children (of a family of former nomads) in one of the Upper Euphrates Valley villages

View of a hill in the upper Euphrates valley (al-Furat al-Aʿla)

View of a hill in the upper Euphrates valley (al-Furat al-Aʿla)

Topographical map collection "UAR North (Syrian) region, district El Furāt" of 1960

Topographical map collection “UAR North (Syrian) region, district El Furāt” of 1960

A Bedouin family in one of the villages of the Euphrates Valley

A Bedouin family in one of the villages of the Euphrates Valley

View of the Euphrates river with very shallow banks

View of the Euphrates river with very shallow banks

Grazing sheep on the Euphrates

Grazing sheep on the Euphrates

Shore zone of the Euphrates with tree vegetation of Lake Assad

Shore zone of the Euphrates with tree vegetation of Lake Assad

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Baking flat breads on the tannur wall (tannur deepened in the ground)

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Baking flat breads on the tannur wall (tannur deepened in the ground)

North-East Syria, the Upper Euphrates

North-East Syria, the Upper Euphrates

Near Tall Tamir, In a tannur deepened in the ground the flat breads are baked

Near Tall Tamir, In a tannur deepened in the ground the flat breads are baked

View of as-Sajur river

View of as-Sajur river

North-East Syria: Weaving in a tent

North-East Syria: Weaving in a tent

Euphrates plain near the mouth of the Sajur, limestone massif on the south side ((before the flooding of lake Tishrin)

Euphrates plain near the mouth of the Sajur, limestone massif on the south side ((before the flooding of lake Tishrin)

Stories

The cold (barrani) section of as-Salamiyya historical bath

The cold (barrani) section of as-Salamiyya historical bath

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum