Mari (Tall al-Hariri), the palace’s cistern made of baked brick (beginning of 2nd millennium BC)
Raqqa – “East of Raqqa” site – Tall Aswad, excavation in 1985
Tall Brak, one of the earliest and largest cities in northern Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium BC [Original photo name:eye temple4]
Syriac tombs in Jabal ʿAruda
In al-Hayat/Balikh valley, procedure for calcination of gypsum (1st step), fuel is placed on a natural gypsum layer
Remains of walls and pillars, Mari (Tall al-Hariri)
Jabla, Mosque of Sultan Ibrahim, Quranic calligraphy
Jabla, Mosque of Sultan Ibrahim, Arabic calligraphy,
Raqqa/Rafiqa, Wall decoration in the Iwan of Qasr al-Banat
Outside of the surrounding wall of Halabiyya fortress
A side from the ruins of Halabiyya-Zalabiyya
Remains of arches in Halabiyya-Zalabiyya
Remains of fortifications in Halabiyya-Zalabiyya
Remains of fortifications in Halabiyya-Zalabiyya
Raqqa – “East of Raqqa” site – Tall Aswad – shard
Remains of walls in Halabiyya-Zalabiyya
In al-Hayat/Balikh valley, procedure of calcination of gypsum (2nd step): the fuel was lit
In al-Hayat/Balikh valley: procedure of calcination of gypsum is finished and packed into sacks (3rd step): the natural gypsum stone was burned to produce gypsum as building material
Al-Jisriyya norias (water wheel), Hama
Raqqa – finds discovered in the site “East of Raqqa”, the Eastern Complex
Raqqa, Qasr al-Banat, Northern Iwan
Raqqa – “East of Raqqa” site – Tall Aswad – glazed pottery
A side of the architectural remains, Mari (Tall al-Hariri)
Raqqa – finds discovered in the site “East of Raqqa”, the Eastern Complex
Maps of Aleppo: functional zoning in the ancient city, 1982