- Collection: The Citadel of Zalabiyeh on the Euphrates
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Trench 2 with Context 2.03 in the first part and Context 2.02 in the extension
These pictures are facing NE and E and show how the level of the extension to the trench is being excavated to the same context as the original section.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Castle, Citadel, Fortress, Syria, Zalabiyeh
Trench 2 with Context 2.03 in the foreground and Context 2.01 in the extension
This picture shows Trench 2 looking NE and E. The first part of the trench is at Context 2.03, the extension is Context 2.01.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Castle, Citadel, Fortress, Syria, Zalabiyeh
Trench 2 with extension 3 marked out at surface level
This picture faces NE and shows the Trench 2 with the third extension area marked out.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Castle, Citadel, Fortress, Syria, Zalabiyeh
Trench 3, Context 1
These pictures are of the northernmost trench opened and overseen by Yaarob Abdallah of the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM). The photographs record the first phase of his work.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Byzantine, Euphrates, Syria, Umayyad, Zalabiyeh
Trench 3, end of excavation shots
These images were taken on the final day of the excavation season.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Byzantine, Euphrates, Syria, Umayyad, Zalabiyeh
Trench 3, first extension
The trench overseen by the DGAM expanded rapidly and this is the first of a series of extensions that were added to the trench as it was extended to reveal a row of simple houses.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Byzantine, Euphrates, Syria, Umayyad, Zalabiyeh
Trench 3, fourth extension
This was the final extension to the trench and details such as thresholds, doorposts and a tannour (clay oven) were revealed.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Byzantine, Euphrates, Syria, Tannour, Umayyad, Zalabiyeh
Trench 3, second extension
These pictures are taken some days after the last images and show the second extension to the trench, by which point it was clear that the trench was uncovering a street of terraced one room dwellings.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Byzantine, Euphrates, Syria, Umayyad, Zalabiyeh
Trench 3, third extension
This was the third extension to trench 3.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Byzantine, Euphrates, Syria, Umayyad, Zalabiyeh
Views of the first day on site
These pictures were taken by a student on the first morning of excavations at Zalabiyeh as the trenches were marked out and work began.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Castle, Citadel, Euphrates, Fortifications, Fortress, Syria, Zalabiyeh