Raqqa - "East of Raqqa" site - Tall Aswad - shard

Raqqa – “East of Raqqa” site – Tall Aswad – shard

View into an excavation trench of Tall Bdiri: to stabilize the walls, pilasters were added

View into an excavation trench of Tall Bdiri: to stabilize the walls, pilasters were added

Tall Bdiri near the Khabur: pilasters are stabilizing the walls of the houses

Tall Bdiri near the Khabur: pilasters are stabilizing the walls of the houses

Tall al-Biʿa, Ancient city of Tuttul

Tall al-Biʿa, Ancient city of Tuttul

Raqqa - "East of Raqqa" site - Tall Aswad, excavation in 1985

Raqqa – “East of Raqqa” site – Tall Aswad, excavation in 1985

A favissa or ritual pits east of Ishtar temple, Tall Mardikh (Ebla)

A favissa or ritual pits east of Ishtar temple, Tall Mardikh (Ebla)

General view of Tall Mardikh (Ebla)

General view of Tall Mardikh (Ebla)

Part of archaeological remains, Tall Mardikh (Ebla)

Part of archaeological remains, Tall Mardikh (Ebla)

Excavation work at Tall Afis

Excavation work at Tall Afis

Tall Halaf with the Khabur-valley, seen from the northeast during the rainy season

Tall Halaf with the Khabur-valley, seen from the northeast during the rainy season

Part of fortifications in Ebla (Tall Mardikh)

Part of fortifications in Ebla (Tall Mardikh)

Arial veiw at Tall al-Biʿa, Ancient city of Tuttul

Arial veiw at Tall al-Biʿa, Ancient city of Tuttul

Stone coffins in the southern Palace, Ebla (Tall Mardikh)

Stone coffins in the southern Palace, Ebla (Tall Mardikh)

A part of architectural remains in Tall Mardikh (Ebla)

A part of architectural remains in Tall Mardikh (Ebla)

A side of architectural remains in Tall Mardikh (Ebla)

A side of architectural remains in Tall Mardikh (Ebla)

Tall Dahab, Woman carrying firewood

Tall Dahab, Woman carrying firewood

Tall Bdiri, Abondened house with buttresses in the wall and at the door

Tall Bdiri, Abondened house with buttresses in the wall and at the door

Tall Bdiri, A simple opening in a clay brick wall with clay plaster - probably in a stable

Tall Bdiri, A simple opening in a clay brick wall with clay plaster – probably in a stable

Tall Bdiri, Farmsteads, that have no enclosure walls

Tall Bdiri, Farmsteads, that have no enclosure walls

Tall Dahab, Back of the guest house with surrounding scultural ornamentation

Tall Dahab, Back of the guest house with surrounding scultural ornamentation

Remains of mills at the waterfalls of Tall Shihab

Remains of mills at the waterfalls of Tall Shihab

Tall Bdiri, House consisting of a large living room with a small attached kitchen

Tall Bdiri, House consisting of a large living room with a small attached kitchen

Tall Dahab, Central hall house - the width of the hall corresponds to the recess in the facade, the loggia is used for the stay

Tall Dahab, Central hall house – the width of the hall corresponds to the recess in the facade, the loggia is used for the stay

Lower basin of the waterfalls of Tall Shihab

Lower basin of the waterfalls of Tall Shihab

The Syrian Jazira – an Extraordinary Archaeological Landscape

The Syrian Jazira – an Extraordinary Archaeological Landscape

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

View over the roof of the south-western Madrasat Ismaʿil Basha al-ʿAzm to the Umayyad Mosque with its high transept of the prayer hall with a central dome and its three minarets

Tall Columns and Massive Pillars – the Great Umayyad Mosques of Damascus and Aleppo

The Donkey Guide of Max von Oppenheim

The Donkey Guide of Max von Oppenheim

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