This view eastwards over Qaryatayn shows the wadi (seasonal watercourse) in the foreground with Dayr Mar Elian in the middle and the modern settlement in the background. The pictures face eastwards in the direction of Palmyra.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
2nd June 2002
Contributor
Emma Loosley
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
unless otherwise indicated
Related Resources
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.
Type
Landscape
Tags
Dayr Mar Elian, Dayr Mar Elian Archaeological Project, Desert, Landscape, Mar Elian, Mar Elian esh-Sharqi, Monastery, Qaryatayn, Syria
Collection
The Dayr Mar Elian Archaeological Project (DMEAP)
Citation
Emma Loosley, “View over Qaryatayn looking east from the neighbouring hills,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed April 24, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/313.