Bayt Ajiqbash, window stone decoration of the courtyard facade

Bayt Ajiqbash, window stone decoration of the courtyard facade

Carved giant footprints at the threshold of the entrance of ʿAyn Dara temple

Carved giant footprints at the threshold of the entrance of ʿAyn Dara temple

Detail of a decorated wooden panel of the Damascus Room in the Dresden Museum for Ethnology

Detail of a decorated wooden panel of the Damascus Room in the Dresden Museum for Ethnology

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Inscription in Arabic, Jamiʿ an-Nuri, Homs

Inscription in Arabic, Jamiʿ an-Nuri, Homs

General view of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus

General view of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus

View towards souteast, rubble in the couryard, after partial collapse of Bayt Ghazala (house), Aleppo, Syria

Fig.07_view at rubble

Madrasat al-Firdaws, back iwan

Madrasat al-Firdaws, back iwan

Great Mosque, prayer hall, Shrine of the Prophet Zakariya

Great Mosque, prayer hall, Shrine of the Prophet Zakariya

Raqqa - the excavations of the site "East of Raqqa" - Eastern Palace - stucco decorations

Raqqa – the excavations of the site “East of Raqqa” – Eastern Palace – stucco decorations

Raqqa - "East of Raqqa"- Eastern Palace, stucco

Raqqa – “East of Raqqa”- Eastern Palace, stucco

Raqqa - the excavations of the site "East of Raqqa" - Eastern Palace, stucco decorations

Raqqa – the excavations of the site “East of Raqqa” – Eastern Palace, stucco decorations

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Damage pattern, air pollution pattern on sandstone, Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Fig. 28, Catalogue of Damage

Damage pattern, hole-shaped detachments in the stone surface due to bullet craters on the portal of the at-Tawashi mosque, Aleppo

Fig. 15-c, Catalogue of Damage

Damage pattern, delamination/ separation of wall leaves, San Salvatore, Campi, Perugia, Italy

Fig. 14-c, Catalogue of Damage

Damage pattern, fire damage disintegration on limestone, Suq as-Sabun market lane, Aleppo, Syria

Fig. 31, Catalogue of Damage

Carved and ornamented stones, 1st category remains, from portal of Ujkhan, Aleppo, Syria

Fig.18-c_Carved and ornamented stones

Carved and ornamented masonry, 1st category remains, in portal of Ujkhan, Aleppo, Syria

Fig.18-b_securing fallen remains

Rubble management, stacked ashlar masonry, 2nd category, after initial sorting, Suq al-Jukh (bazaar lane of cloth), Aleppo, Syria

Fig.21_2nd category, stacked ashlar masonry

An abandoned rural noria on the Orontes river

An abandoned rural noria on the Orontes river

Dome under maintenance in the village of Shaykh Hilal

Dome under maintenance in the village of Shaykh Hilal

Damascus citadel from the inside, round 1930

Damascus citadel from the inside, round 1930

Aramaic Language – Jab’adin in Munira’s Memory

Rubble management by volunteers, cleaning and securing of remains in al-ʿAdiliyya mosque, Aleppo

Fig.38_Volunteers during cleaning and securing of remains

Damage pattern, delamination/ separation of wall leaves, Ibshir Basha foundation, Aleppo

Fig. 13, Catalogue of Damage

Damage pattern, delamination/ separation of wall leaves, ar-Rumi mosque, Aleppo

Fig. 12, Catalogue of Damage

Damage pattern of inappropriate repair on sandstone with stone replacement mortar, Einbeck, Germany

Fig. 63, Catalogue of Damage

Damage pattern, use of incompatible material, sandstone with cement mortar joints, Cordoba, Spain

Fig. 63-b, Catalogue of Damage