| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalat Saman
|
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The church is features typical Roman arches.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalat Saman
|
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Detail of a Babylonian sun cross.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalat Saman
|
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Roman style architecture.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalat Saman
|
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View of St Simeon's Church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalat Saman
|
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Landscape around the church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Kirk Biza
|
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Ruins near Aleppo.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalb Loze
|
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Qalb Loze is a ruined Roman cathedral.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalb Loze
|
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The site dates from 476.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Al Bab
|
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Al Bab is a desert village.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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The ancient oasis city of Palmyra.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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The entrance to the anceint city.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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The city was one of the largest in the ancient world and dates from 1900 BCE.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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The city was once ruled by one of the ancient world's rare queens, Zenobia.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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The main road into the city.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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A mix of Greek and Roman styles.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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Greek style building. Palmyra is one of the Decapolis cities that were a trade union of the ancient world.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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The tetrapyle.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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Elaborate carvings.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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View of the city at dawn.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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Greek funerary temple.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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Palmyra traded with countries as far away as China.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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Ruined temple.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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Roman temple built by Diocletian.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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The Roman amphitheatre.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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View from the theatre.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
Site / Event : Temple of Baal
|
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The Temple of Baal is the largest structures at Palmyra.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
Site / Event : Temple of Baal
|
 |
The temple dates from the 1st century.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
Site / Event : Temple of Baal
|
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The temple was the most important in the Middle East during the 1st century.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
Site / Event : Temple of Baal
|
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The interior.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
Site / Event : Temple of Baal
|
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Tall columns in the Temple.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
Site / Event : Temple of Baal
|
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Detail from the Babylonian style temple of Baal.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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View of the oasis from the Temple of Baal.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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The site is dotted with carvings.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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Carving of a horned animal.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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Beduin children.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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The Arab Necropolis.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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Arab tombs in the Necropolis.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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The Arab necropolis dates from the Caliphate era.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Palmyra
|
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Arab tower tomb from the necropolis.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Resafa
|
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The ruins of the ancient city of Resafa.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Resafa
|
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The site was first inhabited by the Assyrians in the 9th century BCE.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Resafa
|
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The city became a Roman military outpost.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Resafa
|
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During Christian times, the city was a pilgrimage site for Saint Sergius.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Resafa
|
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The large Byzantine church dominates Resafa.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Resafa
|
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Brickwork and arches of the Byzantine church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Resafa
|
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Old tower in the Byzantine church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Resafa
|
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Three Arab youths.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Resafa
|
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The Euphrates, one of the two rivers of Mesopotamia at Raqqah near Resafa.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Homs
|
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The city of Homs where hummus was invented.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Homs
|
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The busy market area.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Homs
|
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Spices and grains.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Homs
|
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Man selling prayer beads.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Homs
|
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Crowds in the market.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Homs
|
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Watermelons.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Homs
|
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Busy market.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Homs
|
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Mother and son.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Homs
Site / Event : Ibn Alwalid Mosque
|
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The silver domed Ibn Alwalid Mosque in the centre of the city.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Homs
Site / Event : Ibn Alwalid Mosque
|
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The courtyard of the mosque.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Homs
|
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Kurdish men in Gogonia near Homs.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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Krak des Chevaliers sits atop a 650m hill.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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The spectacular walls and battlements.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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The castle dates from 1110.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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The site was formerly a Kurdish settlement.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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The castle was built by European Crusadors.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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Crak de Chevaliers is the best preserved Crusader castle in the Middle East.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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The castle has many passageways.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
 |
One of the many buildings in the castle.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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The castle dominates its surroundings.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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Arabic caligraphy on the walls.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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The moat.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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The castle contains many and extensive covered areas.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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The Crusaders were driven out of the castle in 1291.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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The walls overlook a valley.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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The last 500 inhabitants were moved out in 1933.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Crak de Chevaliers
|
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View from the castle.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Convent of St George
|
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The 5th century Syrian Orthodox Convent of St George in the coastal hills.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Convent of St George
|
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The convent dates from the 13th century.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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The city of Hama.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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Hama is on the Orontes River.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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Hama is famous for its 2000 year old Roman water wheels.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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The Roman water wheels of Hama.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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Children playing on the water wheels.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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Swimming in the Orontes River.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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The wheels are made of wood.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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The Orontes River.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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Distinctive view of Hama.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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Syrian Orthodox church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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Hama style minaret.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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One of the many mosques in the city.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
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Street scene.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Afamea
|
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The village of Afamea is overlooked by a citadel.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Afamea
|
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The citadel is part of the village.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Afamea
Site / Event : Caravanserai
|
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The caravanserai in the lower town is overlooked by a living citadel.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Afamea
Site / Event : Caravanserai
|
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The caravanserai has many mosaics from the Greek period.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Afamea
Site / Event : Caravanserai
|
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The mosaics date from 300 BCE.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Afamea
Site / Event : Caravanserai
|
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Mosaic of two birds.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Afamea
Site / Event : Caravanserai
|
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Wall mosaic.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Afamea
Site / Event : Caravanserai
|
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Mosaic with geometric patterns.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Afamea
Site / Event : Caravanserai
|
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Greek mosaic dating from 300 BCE.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Afamea
Site / Event : Greek Ruins
|
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The ancient ruins at Afamea are totally Greek with no Roman additions.
|
1986 |
were added from 1 February 2025.