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Tourists with a local resident at the Peak of Mount Hermon (Jabal Haramun)
Irrigation fields of ʿAyn at-Tina in Qalamun (mountainous region in southwest Syria)
Ghab plain: thatched mud houses, 1963
Raqqa/Rafiqa, Wall decoration in the Iwan of Qasr al-Banat
Raqqa/Rafiqa, An old photo of the remains of al-Banat palace before restoration
Yabrud: shops with residential houses on the first floor, houses probably from the beginning of the 20th century
Yabrud: making Burghul, in background a wall in a special pisé-technique
West Syria, access to the Salah ad-Din Castle carved through two artificial crevices, 12th c.
Baghdad Gate of Raqqa-Rafiqa, 10th c. onwards
Khan al-Jumruk, exterior facade of the Khan’s entrance
Jaʿbar castle, southern side of the castle
Tartus, museum in former cathedral, view at western facade
Great Mosque of Aleppo, view at courtyard, from 1907
Jaʿbar Castle, Minaret of the mosque
al-Lajat region, ancient cistern for storing water
A Bedouin family in one of the villages of the Euphrates Valley
Raqqa – “East of Raqqa” site – aerial photo of the West Palace
As-Safira, an old thresher for shearing straw (darrasa)
Jamiʿ al-Utrush, general view of the western facade and the entrance
Yabrud: residential houses with central hall disposition and three-arcade-motif
Remains of ancient buildings in Shahba, partly inhabited
Maʿlula, traditional hillside houses with galleries opening to the valley during the 1960s
Popular restaurants on both banks of the Barada River
Popular restaurant on Barada River
Popular restaurants on both banks of the Barada River
The gate of south-western side, Dura Europos (Qalʿat as-Salihiyya)
A side from archaeological city of Dura Europos (Qalʿat as-Salihiyya)
The northern entrance of the historical city of Dura Europos (Qalʿat as-Salihiyya), end of 4th century BC
The courtyard of at-Takiyya as-Sulaymaniyya with a water fountain
General view of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus