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Damascus, SyriaFamous Scenes and Cities (1894)

In this vintage photograph from 1893 or so, we see the rooftops of a city: domes, mosques with their minaret towers (one in the left foreground), and, at front, a building with cloistered walks on two [...]

Keywords: minarets, towers, cities, views, cityscapes, roofs, rooves, domes, arches, cloisters, greyscale

Places shown: DamascusDamascus; Syria

Added: 2020-09-19

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The Ruins of Palmyra.Elements of Geography, Ancient and Modern (1825)

Palmyra is an ancient city now in Syria, but when this book was written it was in Turkey. The ruined Temple of Bel معبد بل) on the right in this engraving has since largely been destroyed by a right-w [...]

Keywords: temples, ruins, views, religion, pillars, columns, greyscale

Places shown: Palmyra; Syria

Added: 2016-11-11

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SamariaThe Land and the Book (1894)

The site of this celebrated capital is delightful, by universal consent. It is a very large isolated hill, rising by successive terraces at least six hundred feet above the valleys which surround it. [...]

Keywords: ruins, pillar, bridges, arches, animals, temples, trees, mountains, columns, colour

Places shown: Samaria; Syria

Added: 2021-01-11

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