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View of Arwad island outside Tartus, Syria.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arwad / anc. Arados – Antiochia in Pieria, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fortress of Arwad (Syria), Human types, Islands, Natural environment, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados, Walls

Phoenician funerary monuments in the necropolis of Amrit, south of Tartus, Syria.

Tags: Amrit / anc. Marathos, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Amrit (Syria), Phoenician architecture, Phoenician monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tombs of Amrit / al Maghazil

A monumental building between Tartus in Syria and Tripoli in Lebanon.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baskets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Human types, Lebanon, Natural environment, Oxen, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados, Tripoli (Lebanon), Women

A monumental building on the coasts of Syria, possibly a Roman funerary monument between Tartus and Amrit, to the south of Tartus.

Tags: Amrit / anc. Marathos, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Interiors, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados

A monumental building on the coasts of Syria, possibly a Roman funerary monument between Tartus and Amrit, to the south of Tartus.

Tags: Amrit / anc. Marathos, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados

A fountain on Amrit river, south of Tartus in Syria.

Tags: Amrit / anc. Marathos, Amrit river, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados

A building near Tartus, Syria.

Tags: Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados, Travel

The cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa in Tartus, Syria.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa (Tartus), Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados

The Tetraporticon or Arch of Septimius Severus at Latakia (ancient Laodicea).

Tags: Arch of Septimius Severus, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Women

View of the mosque built on the site of the temple of Bacchus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baskets, Children, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Houses, Human types, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Mosques, Religious practices, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Syria, Women

The mosque built on the site of the temple of Dionysus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Houses, Human types, Inscriptions, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Mosques, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Temple of Bacchus (Latakia), Women

View of the port of Latakia, the ancient Laodicea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fishing, Human types, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Mosques, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria

Muslim ascetes, probably members of Dervish orders, whom Thevet encountered in Damascus.

Tags: Damascus, Human types, Religious practices, Syria

Banana tree seen by Thevet in Damascus.

Tags: Banana trees, Damascus, Natural environment, Plants, Syria

Church on the route from Damascus to Beirut, site of Noah's tomb according to tradition.

Tags: Beirut, Churches, Damascus, Holy Land, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Syria, Tomb of Noah, Views

Site outside Damascus where it was believed that Cain killed Abel.

Tags: Cain and Abel, Damascus, Religious practices, Syria, Views

The site where Paul was baptized by Ananias. The site on the route to Damascus where Paul converted to Christianism.

Tags: Churches, Damascus, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Syria, Views

Bridge near Damascus.

Tags: Bridges, Damascus, Syria

View of Damascus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Damascus, Houses, Syria, Views, Walls

View of Jericho. View of the fortress of Damascus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Damascus, Jericho, Palestine, Syria, Views

Dervish of Syria.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervishes, Ethnic groups, Human types, Religious leaders, Shoes and footwear, Syria

Inhabitan of the wast coast of Syria.

Tags: Arabs, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Shoes and footwear, Syria

Map of Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.

Tags: Boats and ships, Cyprus, Lebanon, Maps, Palestine, Syria

Im. 1: (1 (Α, B, C, D, E): Shrew bones found in the Ibis burials at Saqqara catacombs, Egypt. Im. 2: Bone of rat from same burial. Im. 3 A, B: Butterfly of the Belenois Aurota species, from the coast of Syria. Im. 4 A, B: Butterfly of the Colotis fausta species from the coast of Syria. Im. 5 A, B: Leaden tablet bearing inscription in Greek, from Beirut. Im. 6, 7: Amulets in cylindrical shape made of red jasper (6) and serpentine (7) bought by Olivier in Sanliurfa.

Tags: Animal burials / Ibis catacombs (Saqqara), Animals, Art and antiquities, Butterflies, Charms, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Funerary practices, Inscriptions, Lebanon, Natural environment, Rats, Şanlıurfa / Urfa / anc. Edessa -Antiochia Kallirrhoe -, Saqqara, Syria, Turkey

Oak branch of the species Quercus Libani (Lebanon oak), from Syria.

Tags: Natural environment, Oak (Quercus), Plants, Quercus libani (Lebanon oak), Syria

Shells of crustaceans discovered by Olivier in various places: Lake Mareotis in Egypt (1), Egypt (2), Orontes river (3), outskirts of Beirut (4A, 4B), outskirts of Alexandria (5a, 5b), outskirts of Sanliurfa, modern-day Turkey (8A, 8B), Alexandria (9A,9B), outskirts of Beirut (10A, 10B).

Tags: Alexandria, Animals, Beirut, Egypt, Lebanon, Molluscs, Natural environment, Orontes river, Şanlıurfa / Urfa / anc. Edessa -Antiochia Kallirrhoe -, Syria, Turkey

Im. 2: River crab from Egypt and Syria. River crab of the species Potamon potamios, from Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia.

Tags: Animals, Crabs, Egypt, Natural environment, Syria

Woman from Cairo and woman from Aleppo, both in formal dress.

Tags: Aleppo, Beauty care, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Women

Map of Syria, Mesopotamia and part of Persia.

Tags: Maps, Mesopotamia, Persia / Iran, Syria

Map of Syria and the Holy Land.

Tags: Holy Land, Maps, Syria

Bronze lamp from Thessaloniki (Α). Bronze lamp from Aleppo (Β). Mirror's frame (C). Decorative mask from Aleppo (D). Ring from Aleppo (Ε). Statue from Aleppo (F). Signet from Beirut (G). Clay head of the Hellenistic deity Harpocrates from Egypt (Η). Charm from Egypt (Ι). Several charms from Egypt.

Tags: Aleppo, Art and antiquities, Charms, Egypt, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Harpocrates, Jewellery, Macedonia, Mirrors, Oil lamps, Rings, Sculptures, Stamps and signets, Syria, Thessaloniki

Foot of bronze statue from Myconos island, which John Montagu Sandwich brought to Great Britain. (Α). Foot of colossal marble statue discovered by R. Pococke in Asia Minor (Β). Bronze statue bought by R. Pococke at the bazaar of Aleppo in Syria (C). Lamp from Qift (anc. Coptus) in Egypt (D).

Tags: Aegean islands, Aleppo, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Cyclades, Egypt, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Myconos, Oil lamps, Qift / anc. Coptos / Justinianopolis, Sculptures, Syria

Funerary monuments from Arwad (anc. Arados / Antiochia in Pieria). Plan of a temple. View of a throne. Map of the island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Arwad / anc. Arados – Antiochia in Pieria, Maps, Syria

View, section plans and plan of the Roman theater of ancient Gavala (Jableh) in Syria.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Jableh / Gabala, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Gabala (Jableh), Syria

View and plan of the Arch of Septimus Severus in Latakia (anc. Laodicea) in Syria.

Tags: Arch of Septimius Severus, Arches, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Human types, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Plans and drawings, Roman monuments, Syria

Maps of Antioch (Antakya-Hatay) and Laodicea (Latakia).

Tags: Antakya-Hatay / Antioch, Architecture and built environment, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Maps, Syria, Turkey

Plan and views of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites. Ancient funerary monuments from Syria.

Tags: Aleppo, Architecture and built environment, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites / Qalaat Semaan / Deir Semaan (Syria), Churches, Funerary monuments, Mount of Saint Simeon Stylites / Sheik Barakat (Syria), Plans and drawings, Syria

Bronze statue of Athena from Aleppo (Syria).

Tags: Aleppo, Art and antiquities, Athena, Athens, Greece, Sculptures, Syria

Plan of the Great Mosque of Damascus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Damascus, Mosques, Plans and drawings, Syria, Umayyad Mosque / Great Mosque of Damascus ( Ğām' Banī 'Umayya al-Kabīr)

View of Damascus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Damascus, Houses, Mosques, Natural environment, Syria, Views

Map of part of Syria and Palestine, showing the author's route.

Tags: Lebanon, Maps, Palestine, Syria

1. Christian lady of Damascus. 2. Christian lady of Aleppo. 3. Arab sheik from Syria.

Tags: Aleppo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Damascus, Ethnic groups, Human types, Jewellery, Muslims, Sheikh, Smoking, Syria, Women

Inscription in Greek from city in the Syrian dessert.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Syria

1. Inscription in Greek from Al Bara, near Aleppo. 2. Inscription in Greek on epistyle at Al Bara, near Aleppo. 3. Inscription in Latin on epistyle at Al Bara, near Aleppo.

Tags: Al Bara, Aleppo, Art and antiquities, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Latin alphabet, Syria

Inscriptions in Greek from catacombs near Aleppo, Syria.

Tags: Aleppo, Art and antiquities, Catacombs, Funerary monuments, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Syria

Inscription in Greek at the necropolis of Furkia, near Aleppo.

Tags: Aleppo, Art and antiquities, Catacombs, Catacombs of Furkia, Funerary monuments, Furkia, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Necropolis of Furcia, Syria

1. Relief from entrance to a Roman Tomb, showing Apollo and Demeter, at the necropolis of Furkia. 2. Relief from entrance to a Roman Tomb, showing Hermes and Pheme, at the necropolis of Furkia. 3. Relief from entrance to a Roman Tomb, showing Ceres and Athena, at the necropolis of Furkia.4. Relief from entrance to a Roman Tomb, showing a priest, at the necropolis of Furkia. 5. Reconstructive drawing of building at Al Bara, near Aleppo. 6. Relief found at the entrance of the library of the Levant Company (or East Company) at Aleppo, Syria.

Tags: Al Bara, Aleppo, Ancient gods / deities, Arches, Art and antiquities, Demeter, Funerary monuments, Furkia, Hermes, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Levant Company, Libraries, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Furcia, Pheme, Reliefs, Roman monuments, Syria

1. The east side of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Syria. 2. The west side of the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites (Syria).

Tags: Aleppo, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites / Qalaat Semaan / Deir Semaan (Syria), Saint Simeon Stylites, Saints, Syria

Topographical map showing the region between Aleppo and the Euphrates.

Tags: Aleppo, Euphrates river, Maps, Rivers, Syria

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