Remains of the Praetorium from east, Balis (Barbalassos)
Habuba Kabira, building a cantilever dome house – in the foreground clay bricks, which are to be used soon
Habuba Kabira, how three cantilever domes are connected (two cantilever domes are posed on a relieving arch)
Habuba Kabira, upper part of a cantilever dome construction
Habuba Kabira, Construction of the relieving arch, on which 2 cantilever domes are to rest
Habuba Kabira, construction of a mud brick house before the circular of the domes is started
Remains of the Praetorium, Balis (Barbalassos)
Syriac tombs in Jabal ʿAruda
Habuba Kabira, screening of barley as seed by the grandmother
Boats trip on the Euphrates River, near Jabal ʿAruda
Remains of the Praetorium from east, Balis (Barbalassos)
At-Turn, Double-dome house on the edge of the steppe close to Maskana
Habuba Kabira, construction of a relieving arch using piled bricks, which are later removed
General view of Balis on the Euphrates river
Archaeological excavation at Balis
A view towards the Euphrates, Jabal ʿAruda
Jurn Kabir, inside a traditional living room, equipped with wooden door and window, water basin and felt carpet (lubbad)
Jurn Kabir, wooden door bar lock, seen from the interior side
Jurn Kabir, the traditional type of the double room house, which is divided inside by a transverse wall.
Jurn Kabir, Woman demonstrating the production of a rod mat (arab. zarb) with the help of stone weights
Jurn Kabir, wall shelf on which metal plates, cups and spoons are presented
Jurn Kabir, a swift that was found on the ground
Jurn Kabir, the only two school classrooms for children of the village
Jurn Kabir, construction of a room from quarry stones with clay mortar
Jurn Kabir, the fertile plain of the Euphrates with floodplain forest in the background before the flooding of the Tishrin Dam
Habuba Kabira, water reservoir for field-irrigation, in the background motor pump of the well
Habuba Kabira, construction of a dome house (foreground: room, that will have a flat roof)
Habuba Kabira, the stacked bricks under the relieving arch are removed by the master bilder
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