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Inside the old city of Jerusalem
This collection of photographs captures everyday life from inside the old city of Jerusalem. It includes general street views, pilgrims and tourists, modern-day Christian souvenirs and architectural details.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Architecture, Christian Quarter, Church, Graffiti, Inscription, Jerusalem, Mosque, Rooftops, Souvenir, Street
Fresco of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
The fragmentary remains on the stone lower half of the iconostasis is believed to represent the parable of the wise and foolish virgins (Matthew 25), which is commemorated in the Syrian Orthodox Church by the feast of Nahireh on the evening of Palm Sunday.
Type: Painting
Tags: 1207/08, An Nabk, Architecture, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Iconostasis, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria, Wise and Foolish Virgins
The north aisle of the church facing east
This image shows the east end of the northern aisle of the chapel with the font in the foreground and the Baptism of Christ and Simeon Stylites behind.
Type: Architecture
Tags: 1095, An Nabk, Architecture, Baptism of Christ, Baptismal Font, Baptistery, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Simeon Stylites, Syria
Fresco of Simeon Stylites
This fresco is to the north of the Baptism of Christ fresco in the north east corner of the chapel. The untidy looking inscription beneath the painting is contemporary with the picture and is dated 1095, thus fixing the date of the second level of paintings in the church.
Type: Painting
Tags: 1095, An Nabk, Arabic, Arabic Inscription, Architecture, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Inscription, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Simeon Stylites, Syria
Fresco of the Baptism of Christ
This painting is on the east wall of the north aisle of the monastery chapel and is believed to have been painted in the area of the church used as a baptistery as a broken font was discovered in the valley below the church and has now been replaced in the north aisle. These frescoes are part of the second cycle painted in the chapel and date to 1095.
Type: Painting
Tags: 1095, An Nabk, Architecture, Baptism of Christ, Baptismal Font, Baptistery, Church, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria
Fresco of an angel
This angel has become the most well-known fresco at Deir Mar Musa as it is used as the symbol of the modern monastic community. This fresco is on the north side of the wall adjacent to the apse and is alongside an image of the Baptism of Christ. It is part of the second of the three levels of fresco and therefore can be dated to 1095.
Type: Painting
Tags: 1095, An Nabk, Angel, Architecture, Church, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria
Resafa buildings excavated in the vicinity of the Cardo Maximus
Pictures of several structures that have been excavated in the vicinity of the Cardo Maximus near the C5th martyrium.
Type: Archaeological Site
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Byzantine, Resafa, Syria
General views of Ani and immediate surroundings
These are just general views of what remains of the city of Ani. These vistas of the city were taken from multiple vantage points around the city.
Type: Archaeological Site
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Armenian, Cathedral, Church, Fortifications, Georgian, Medieval, Mosque, Turkey
Intervention 38/39 and the west end of the former site of the 1938 church
This picture shows the continuing excavation of domestic chambers to the west of the 1938 church. In 2004 this church had to be dismantled as it was structurally unstable and the stone walls in this picture show the remains of the 1938 church.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Architecture, Church, Dayr Mar Elian, Dayr Mar Elian Archaeological Project, Mar Elian, Mar Elian esh-Sharqi, Monastery, Qaryatayn, Syria, Syrian Civil War
Views of the decumanus at Palmyra
These images show the main colonnaded street, the decumanus, at Palmyra from a variety of different angles.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Decumanus, Palmyra, Roman, Syria, Tadmor