Remains of the Praetorium from east, Balis (Barbalassos)
Habuba Kabira, building a cantilever dome house – in the foreground clay bricks, which are to be used soon
Habuba Kabira, how three cantilever domes are connected (two cantilever domes are posed on a relieving arch)
Habuba Kabira, upper part of a cantilever dome construction
Habuba Kabira, construction of a mud brick house before the circular of the domes is started
Habuba Kabira, the stacked bricks under the relieving arch are removed by the master bilder
Remains of the Praetorium, Balis (Barbalassos)
Habuba Kabira, water reservoir for field-irrigation, in the background motor pump of the well
At-Turn, Double-dome house on the edge of the steppe close to Maskana
Syriac tombs in Jabal ʿAruda
Habuba Kabira, screening of barley as seed by the grandmother
Boats trip on the Euphrates River, near Jabal ʿAruda
General view of Balis on the Euphrates river
Archaeological excavation at Balis
Remains of the Praetorium from east, Balis (Barbalassos)
Habuba Kabira, Construction of the relieving arch, on which 2 cantilever domes are to rest
Jurn Kabir, wall shelf on which metal plates, cups and spoons are presented
Jurn Kabir, the traditional type of the double room house, which is divided inside by a transverse wall.
Jurn Kabir, inside a traditional living room, equipped with wooden door and window, water basin and felt carpet (lubbad)
Jurn Kabir, a swift that was found on the ground
Jurn Kabir, the only two school classrooms for children of the village
Jurn Kabir, construction of a room from quarry stones with clay mortar
Jurn Kabir, the fertile plain of the Euphrates with floodplain forest in the background before the flooding of the Tishrin Dam
Euphrates valley south of Qalʿat Najm as it looked before the flooding of lake Tishrin
Jurn Kabir, wooden door bar lock, seen from the interior side
Habuba Kabira, shell of a dome house made of clay bricks
Habuba Kabira, Mud brick construction – connection of wall, belt arch and dome rounding
Habuba Kabira, Milking a goat in the courtyard: Grandmother and granddaughters
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