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Carved Basalt Slab
This carved basalt slab contains cruciform imagery but is extremely unlikely to have come from a church, as such motifs were widespread in the Roman and Late Antique periods and often were intended as abstract designs rather than having an underlying meaning.
Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Basalt, Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Late Antique, Museum, Museum Exhibit, Syria
Basalt Door
These basalt doors are found across Syria, but generally most frequently originate from the Syrian Limestone Massif around Aleppo and Idlib provinces. They are found throughout the Late Antique period and were a particular feature of tower-houses occupied by multiple families. In some cases these doors have remained in situ, thus enabling us to see how they would have been far easier to operate than the modern viewer would expect.
Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Basalt, Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Door, Late Antique, Limestone Massif, Museum, Museum Exhibit, Syria
Roman Sarcophagus
This Roman sarcophagus in the gardens of the National Museum illustrates the working methods of Roman artisans as the decoration is roughly blocked out but crucially left unfinished so that the purchaser could dictate exactly how they wanted the object to be completed.
Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Museum, Museum Exhibit, Roman, Sarcophagus, Syria
Baghdad Gate of Raqqa
The C8th Baghdad Gate of Raqqa was built in the Abbasid period and is the only part of the early Islamic city walls still extant, although its fate is currently unknown due to the presence of the so-called Islamic State in the city.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Abbasid, Architecture, Baghdad Gate, Brick, C8th, City gate, Raqqa, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Wall
Views of Dura Europos in 1992
These general views of the fortifications and archaeological site were taken in December 1992.
Type: Archaeological Site
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Architecture, City gate, Dura Europos, Fortifications, Syria
Bosra Mosque of Omar
This mosque dates to the early C8th and was founded by the Caliph Omar when he conquered Syria.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Architecture, Bosra, C8th, Caliph, Mosque, Omar, Syria
Bosra city gate
One of the city gates of Bosra built of the local basalt.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Basalt, Bosra, City gate, Roman, Roman road, Syria, Wall
Unknown female saint
This damaged female saint is facing west on the central arch of the northern arcade and was photographed before cleaning.
Type: Painting
Tags: 1207/08, An Nabk, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Saints, Syria
Unknown female saint
This damaged female saint is facing east on the central arch of the northern arcade and was photographed before cleaning.
Type: Painting
Tags: 1207/08, An Nabk, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Saints, Syria
Unknown female saint
This figure is facing St. Catherine and the west on the westernmost arch of the northern arcade but although generally well-preserved, the inscription naming the saint has not survived. This picture was taken before the image was cleaned.
Type: Painting
Tags: 1207/08, An Nabk, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Saints, Syria, Syriac Inscription