Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Street facade of a house in an Assyrian village, that still kept one domed room.

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Street facade of a house in an Assyrian village, that still kept one domed room.

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Small fledgeling shelters in the form of domes, to be closed by night with stones

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Small fledgeling shelters in the form of domes, to be closed by night with stones

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Baking flat breads on the tannur wall (tannur deepened in the ground)

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Baking flat breads on the tannur wall (tannur deepened in the ground)

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, The domes of the houses built in the 1930s were often flattened later.

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, The domes of the houses built in the 1930s were often flattened later.

Village of Tall Hamidiyya with excavation house (left)

Village of Tall Hamidiyya with excavation house (left)

A couple a day after their wedding

A couple a day after their wedding

Near Tall Tamir, In a tannur deepened in the ground the flat breads are baked

Near Tall Tamir, In a tannur deepened in the ground the flat breads are baked

Kharijat ad-Drisiyat, guest house

Kharijat ad-Drisiyat, guest house

View from Tall Hamidiyya to the plain, Wadi Jaghjagh and fields

View from Tall Hamidiyya to the plain, Wadi Jaghjagh and fields

Women wearing screen-printed headscarfs (Habari)

Women wearing screen-printed headscarfs (Habari)

Euphrates dam and Assad lake, Nahiyat at-Tabqa

Euphrates dam and Assad lake, Nahiyat at-Tabqa

Nahiyat at-Tabqa, Euphrates Dam

Nahiyat at-Tabqa, Euphrates Dam

Nahiyat at-Tabqa, Euphrates Dam

Nahiyat at-Tabqa, Euphrates Dam

Mosque of as-Sayyida Zaynab, Nahiyat Babbila

Mosque of as-Sayyida Zaynab, Nahiyat Babbila

Astrological relief panels on the ʿAyn Diwar bridge

Astrological relief panels on the ʿAyn Diwar bridge

Sulphurous karst spring of the Khabur at Raʾs al-ʿAyn

Sulphurous karst spring of the Khabur at Raʾs al-ʿAyn

Stone carved panel on the ʿAyn Diwar bridge

Stone carved panel on the ʿAyn Diwar bridge

A part of Zengid bridge in ʿAyn Diwar

A part of Zengid bridge in ʿAyn Diwar

Remains of Zengid bridge in ʿAyn Diwar

Remains of Zengid bridge in ʿAyn Diwar

al-Malikiyya - ʿAyn al-Khadra, Basalt Tombs

al-Malikiyya – ʿAyn al-Khadra, Basalt Tombs

An artificial canal in Raʾs al-ʿAyn

An artificial canal in Raʾs al-ʿAyn

Jamiʿ at-Tawashi, interior view of the prayer hall

Jamiʿ at-Tawashi, interior view of the prayer hall

During a sandstorm this photo was taken from the museum to the backside of the suq in Dayr az-Zawr

During a sandstorm this photo was taken from the museum to the backside of the suq in Dayr az-Zawr

Traditional patchwork wall hangings, in which small things might be stored

Traditional patchwork wall hangings, in which small things might be stored

Roman tower tomb in Sarrin

Roman tower tomb in Sarrin

Bimaristan Arghun, northern courtyard - open dome

Bimaristan Arghun, northern courtyard – open dome

Bimaristan Arghun, southern courtyard - view of open dome

Bimaristan Arghun, southern courtyard – view of open dome

Temporary title for Image 44445

Temporary title for Image 44445

Jamiʿ at-Tawashi, prayer hall - minbar (pulpit)

Jamiʿ at-Tawashi, prayer hall – minbar (pulpit)

Bimaristan Arghun, passageway

Bimaristan Arghun, passageway