The highest status objects from regional excavations were taken to Damascus and Aleppo, but the Raqqa Museum housed less significant artefacts in a small colonial-era building. These pictures were taken quickly as an experiment in dim winter light, but are included here as all finds in the museum are now presumed destroyed or looted.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
February 1997
Contributor
Emma Loosley
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
unless otherwise indicated
Type
Archaeological Find
Tags
Mosaic, Museum, Raqqa, Sculpture, Syria, Syrian Civil War
Collection
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Raqqa Museum,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed April 25, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/346.