Agriculture in the Syrian Jazira

Agriculture in the Syrian Jazira

Valley of Nahr Al-Kabir al-Shamali River

Valley of Nahr Al-Kabir al-Shamali River

Kirkbiza in the Dead Cities: A farmer ploughing his field with a metal plough, pulled by a mule and an ox.

Kirkbiza in the Dead Cities: A farmer ploughing his field with a metal plough, pulled by a mule and an ox.

General view of Maʿlula

General view of Maʿlula

Palm trees in Palmyra oasis

Palm trees in Palmyra oasis

Palmyra, Palm grove, view at Bel Temple

Palmyra, Palm grove, view at Bel Temple

Remains of some columns, the Great Colonnade

Remains of some columns, the Great Colonnade

As-Safira, an old thresher for shearing straw (darrasa)

As-Safira, an old thresher for shearing straw (darrasa)

Remains of the Great Colonnade

Remains of the Great Colonnade

Great Mosque of Aleppo, prayer hall interior

Great Mosque of Aleppo, prayer hall interior

Great Mosque, prayer hall, wooden pulpit (minbar)

Great Mosque, prayer hall, wooden pulpit (minbar)

al-Lajat region, Basalt stone into agricultural area

al-Lajat region, Basalt stone into agricultural area

Ghouta of Damascus, collecting of hemp in 1970s

Ghouta of Damascus, collecting of hemp in 1970s

An olive grove in the Ghouta of Damascus

An olive grove in the Ghouta of Damascus

Dead Cities, Kirkbiza: A team of mule and oxen pulling a metal plough.

Dead Cities, Kirkbiza: A team of mule and oxen pulling a metal plough.

Upper Barada valley in Jibal Lubnan ash-Sharqiyya (Anti-Lebanon Mountains)

Upper Barada valley in Jibal Lubnan ash-Sharqiyya (Anti-Lebanon Mountains)

Raqqa, Western Palace, aerial view of excavation site

Raqqa, Western Palace, aerial view of excavation site

Aerial photograph of Jibal Lubnan ash-Sharqiyya (Anti-Lebanon Mountains) with Barada valley

Aerial photograph of Jibal Lubnan ash-Sharqiyya (Anti-Lebanon Mountains) with Barada valley

Great Mosque of Aleppo, prayer hall interior and Shrine of the Prophet Zechariah

Great Mosque of Aleppo, prayer hall interior and Shrine of the Prophet Zechariah

Chinese cloud motifs on the top side of the panel, Aleppo Room wall frame, early 17th century

Chinese cloud motifs on the top side of the panel, Aleppo Room wall frame, early 17th century

Rural life in Qalamun mountains (Antilibanon): peasants returning home from grape harvest

Rural life in Qalamun mountains (Antilibanon): peasants returning home from grape harvest

Threshing in Sahl Hawran (Hawran Plain): farmers are separating wheat from chaff

Threshing in Sahl Hawran (Hawran Plain): farmers are separating wheat from chaff

Making of burghul in Yabrud during the sixties

Making of burghul in Yabrud during the sixties

An aerial view of a water canal in the village of Shaykh Hilal

An aerial view of a water canal in the village of Shaykh Hilal

Yabrud: making Burghul, in background a wall in a special pisé-technique

Yabrud: making Burghul, in background a wall in a special pisé-technique

Irrigation fields of ʿAyn at-Tina in Qalamun (mountainous region in southwest Syria)

Irrigation fields of ʿAyn at-Tina in Qalamun (mountainous region in southwest Syria)

Village alley in the Balikh region with calf and goats

Village alley in the Balikh region with calf and goats

Natural landscape of the Tigris valley

Natural landscape of the Tigris valley

Sahl Hawran (Hawran Plain), The traditional operation of threshing wheat

Sahl Hawran (Hawran Plain), The traditional operation of threshing wheat

Agricultural fields and industrial complex near Baniyas

Agricultural fields and industrial complex near Baniyas