Tall Brak, one of the earliest and largest cities in northern Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium BC [Original photo name:eye temple4]

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

Syriac tombs in Jabal ʿAruda

Apse of basilica, al-Bara

Apse of basilica, al-Bara

Monastery of St Simeon Stylites, apse of east basilica

Monastery of St Simeon Stylites, apse of east basilica

mak-i-Silkworm-egg-production_ar_MayaAlkateb_IHMS

mak-i-Silkworm-egg-production_ar_MayaAlkateb_IHMS

Remains of fortifications in Halabiyya-Zalabiyya

Remains of fortifications in Halabiyya-Zalabiyya

Remains of walls and pillars, Mari (Tall al-Hariri)

Remains of walls and pillars, Mari (Tall al-Hariri)

Insights into Syria’s Centuries-Old Silk Craft

mak-i-Cocoon-production_replaced_ar_MayaAlkateb_IHMS

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