This image shows that in 1962 there was still a clear distance between Qalb Lozeh and Qirq Bizeh. By the late 1990s only two or three fields and a road separated the two ancient settlements.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date
1962-07-25
Contributor
John Ingham
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These images show the tell to the south of Qaryatayn and the surrounding landscape, including the remains of the spring that once fed the surrounding area.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date
2004-09-01
Contributor
Niall Finneran
Rights
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These views of the remains of Halabiyeh were taken downstream of the site, standing on the ruins of Zalabiyeh.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date
2010-07-31
Contributor
William Chappell
Rights
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Type
Landscape
]]>https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/404wadi west of the monastery. It was mentioned by Sir Richard Burton in the C19th and had been comprehensively looted by the latter part of the C20th.]]>2017-03-06T16:51:31+00:00
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Title
The ancient monastic cemetery of Deir Mar Musa
Description
The ancient monastic cemetery of Deir Mar Musa is located in the wadi west of the monastery. It was mentioned by Sir Richard Burton in the C19th and had been comprehensively looted by the latter part of the C20th.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date
1997-05-01/1997-05-31
Contributor
Emma Loosley
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This was the only route into Deir Mar Musa for visitors until the early C21st and involved taking a rough track into the mountains from An Nabk for around 18 kilometres before hiking for another 2 kilometres along a watercourse to reach the monastery.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date
1997-05-01/1997-05-31
Contributor
Emma Loosley
Rights
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Type
Landscape
]]>https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/401siq and (not entirely seriously) compared with the defile at Petra in Jordan. This part of the town and the high ground above and around the town was used for Roman and Late Antique burials.]]>2017-03-06T16:51:31+00:00
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Title
Defile north of Maaloula that was used for early Christian burials
Description
The narrow rock defile north of Maaloula is called by the local inhabitants the siq and (not entirely seriously) compared with the defile at Petra in Jordan. This part of the town and the high ground above and around the town was used for Roman and Late Antique burials.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date
1992-12-01/1992-12-31
1998-10-01/1998-10-30
Contributor
Cherryl & Richmond Hunt
Emma Loosley
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This is a view of the distinctive houses of Maaloula that are built on top of each other terraced into the steep-sided valley in which the town is located.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date
1992-12-01/1992-12-31
1998-10-01/1998-10-30
Contributor
Cherryl & Richmond Hunt
Emma Loosley
Rights
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This is the only overland route to Tusheti from the rest of Georgia, apart from a hiking trail that leads to Khevsureti. The pass is only open in high summer and is inaccessible for around eight months a year.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date
2006-08-01/2006-08-31
2016-08-26
Contributor
Emma Loosley
Rights
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This is a panoramic view of the Roman era ruins at Palmyra taken from Qalat Ibn Maan, the castle to the west of the city.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date
1997-02-01/1997-02-28
2002-07-02
Contributor
Daniel Hull
Rights
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Relation
The photographs of the 2001-2003 survey and excavation seasons have been lodged with the Archaeological Data Service and are reproduced here with their permission. For those who would like more specialised information such as context and intervention numbers or direction of shot please refer to: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/dmeap_ahrb_2004/gallery.cfm.