The Syrian Jazira – an Extraordinary Archaeological Landscape

The Syrian Jazira – an Extraordinary Archaeological Landscape

View over the late antique ruins of a residential building towards the modern small town of al-Bara

Al-Bara in the Zawiya Mountain – the Largest Ruined Settlement of the “Ancient Villages of Northern Syria”

The Citadel of Aleppo, on the left the minaret of its Great Mosque (Maqam Ibrahim) – view from the west, in the foreground is the minaret of the Jamiʿ Sayf ad-Dawla

Minarets of the Old City of Aleppo

On the Genocide Memorial Day: at a stop on the pilgrimage, Armenian priests throw wreaths into the Euphrates to commemorate the victims of the genocide of 1915-17 who died in this very river

Places of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide

A warper (al-musaddi) is installing the warp threads on the mechanical loom

Silk Fabric and Social Ties in Syria

Cotton Season in Raqqa

Cotton Season in Raqqa

Intro- Voices of Syrian Music

Intro- Voices of Syrian Music

Folk Music

Folk Music

Abdelraouf Baydoun working with the craft of ‘Ajami in his workshop in Malaysia

‘Ajami or Damascene Painting: Traces of a Traditional Handcraft

Busra, general view of the old city.

Fata Morgana in Busra*

Three houses of the type 'one-and-a-half-panels' with the half panel to the western side of the house (near the Euphrates-valley)

One and a Half Panels – My Grandfather’s House in the Euphrates Valley

The Donkey Guide of Max von Oppenheim

The Donkey Guide of Max von Oppenheim

Conservation of the Grape Room made in 1835, house Nizam, Damascus

Conserving ‘Ajami Interiors – Challenges and Fascinating Discoveries

A Bedouin woman is weaving with a horizontal loom

The Art of Syrian Textile Production

A Felt Carpet from al-Bab

A Felt Carpet from al-Bab

Aghabani table cloth with gold and silver threads

Hidden Figures: The Women behind the Beautiful Craft of Aghabani

Carpets from Raqqa: A Memory

Carpets from Raqqa: A Memory

Hammam Bahram Basha, the dome of the inner part (juwwani)

The Public Hammam – an Ancient Syrian Tradition

View to the south from the battlements of the citadel to the city in 1916

The Khusrawiyya Complex

The Hanania Church - The House of Hanania and the Beginning of Christianity in Syria

The Hanania Church – The House of Hanania and the Beginning of Christianity in Syria

A group of domed houses in the village of Shaykh Hilal

The Village of Shaykh Hilal – Architectural Heritage in the Syrian Steppe (al-Badiya)