68 Items
Limestone representation of a deity with solar rays and a crescent moon
This detail of a relief in the garden of the National Museum of Damascus depicts a lunar deity framed within a crescent moon and wearing a radiate crown of solar rays.
Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Limestone, Roman, Sculpture, Syria
Basalt relief of the tauroctony
This basalt relief attached to the wall of the National Museum in Damascus shows the tauroctony, the central cult scene of Mithraism where Mithras slays the bull to ensure the passage of the seasons and the continued fertility of the Earth.
Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Basalt, Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Mithras, Roman, Sculpture, Syria, Tauroctony
Basalt relief of winged victories
This basalt relief of winged victories is displayed on an exterior wall of the National Museum of Damascus. The relatively crude carving of the object reflects the difficulty of working with basalt.
Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Basalt, Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Roman, Sculpture, Syria, Winged Victory
Views of artefacts in the garden of Damascus National Museum
Views of the garden of the National Museum in Damascus that is used to display primarily Classical and Late Antique sculpture, sarcophagi and architectural elements.
Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Basalt, Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Late Antique, Limestone, Roman, Sculpture, Syria
Triumphal Arch halfway along the Street Called Straight 1992
This photograph was taken in December 1992 and shows the point halfway along the "Street Called Straight" in Damascus (mentioned in Acts 9:11) where there is a definite bend in the road.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Damascus, Roman, Street Called Straight, Syria, Triumphal Arch
Halabiyeh 1992
Photographs taken of Halabiyeh in December 1992.
Type: Archaeological Site
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Euphrates, Halabiyeh, Late Antique, Roman, Syria, Zenobia
Sarcophagus with mythological figures and swags
This limestone sarcophagus is decorated with mythological figures and stylised foliate swags.
Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Figure, Limestone, Museum, Museum Exhibit, Roman, Sarcophagus, Syria
Limestone Funerary Effigy of a Woman
This limestone carving is a funerary effigy for an unknown woman.
Type: Museum Exhibit
Tags: Damascus, Damascus National Museum, Figure, Funerary Relief, Late Antique, Limestone, Museum, Museum Exhibit, Roman, 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
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