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A coffee house and waiting service taxi in the center of the small frontier town
Vicinity of Tall Abyad, shell of the house with flattened domes and opening in one dome
Tall Abyad, House decoration to welcome the house owner after the pilgrimage to Mekka
South-west Syria: Qalamun Mountains, the village of Maʿlula with its light blue or white house paintings
The wheel hub of a water scoop wheel (arab. noria)
Remains of ancient buildings in Shahba, partly inhabited
A view of people in traditional dress with a camel in Shahba
Maʿlula, the procession to the Holy Cross celebration also passes through the narrow alleys of the old town.
Shahba, Women in traditional dresses doing the laundry
Shahba, View to the historic center of the town
General view of Euphrates valley at Dayr az-Zawr countryside
Maʿlula, traditional hillside houses with galleries during the 1960s
View from Tall Hamidiyya to the plain, Wadi Jaghjagh and fields
Raqqa – “East of Raqqa” site – Western Palace – vegetable stucco ornaments
Staircase and old wooden door in a traditional House in Maʿlula
Tall Brak, one of the earliest and largest cities in northern Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium BC [Original photo name:eye temple4]
Raqqa – “East of Raqqa” site – Tall Aswad, excavation in 1985
Stone carved panel on the ʿAyn Diwar bridge
Raqqa – “East of Raqqa” site – Western Palace
Raqqa, Raqqa, Bedouin family in their tent
Maʿlula, traditional hillside houses with galleries opening to the valley during the 1960s
Traditional houses, Ma’lula
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
View of the old town from Maʿlula with its traditionally light blue painted facades
Chest of drawers in traditional inlay technique with mother of pearl in an old house in Maʿlula
Raqqa, Qasr al-Banat, documentation sheet of courtyard with northern Iwan
Raʾs al-ʿAyn, view from the garden to the late Ottoman house, situated on a slope
Public street life in Raqqa
![Tall Brak, one of the earliest and largest cities in northern Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium BC [Original photo name:eye temple4]](https://syrian-heritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shap_import_44758-300x225.png "Tall Brak, one of the earliest and largest cities in northern Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium BC [Original photo name:eye temple4]")
