HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
Palmyra
Historic photographs of Aleppo, Damascus and cities across Syria. Location and date evidence is assessed for each record.
Catalogue date · 1920Palmyra. Tower tomb of Elahbel. Interior showing ceiling, pilasters and grave niches ; lower section showing crypt and carved busts
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Catalogue date · 1898–1946Palmyra. Section of outer colonnade temple enclosure
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Catalogue date · 1929Supplementary subjects of Palmyra. Engaged columns in the modern mud houses
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Catalogue date · 1898–1946Palmyra
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Catalogue date · 1898–1946Palmyra
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Catalogue date · 1920Palmyra. Door of the Tomb of Dionysios. Showing the elaborate entrance with swinging stone doors
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Catalogue date · 1920Palmyra. Tomb of the three brothers. The central burial chamber covered with frescoes representing the Rape of Ganymede
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Catalogue date · 1900Palmyra (Tadmor). Granite monolith pillars of unknown temple ; looking along colonnade towards Turkish castle
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Catalogue date · 1929Supplementary subjects of Palmyra. Fragment of Latin inscription on Homs-Palmyra track (III cent. A.D.)
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Catalogue date · 1898–1946Palmyra
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Catalogue date · 1898–1946Palmyra
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Catalogue date · 1920Palmyra. Tomb of the three brothers. Right hand chamber showing sarcophagi, loculi and portrait and group carvings
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Catalogue date · 1900Palmyra (Tadmor). One of side arches of triumphal arch ; full view of triumphal arch, showing colonnade
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Catalogue date · 1900Palmyra (Tadmor). Two of the tower-tombs ; ancient socket-hinged stone door in native hut
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Catalogue date · 1900Palmyra (Tadmor). General view of the grand colonnade ; central archway of grand colonnade
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Catalogue date · 1920Palmyra. Temple of Baal. Carved lintel above the main entrance
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Catalogue date · 1929Supplementary subjects of Palmyra. A large pile of overturned "sarcophagi"
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Catalogue date · 1898–1946Palmyra
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Catalogue date · 1920Palmyra. Temple of Baal. The temenos or outer walls showing the leaning south section
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Catalogue date · 1920Palmyra. Temple of Baal. Near view showing pillars and the cella wall
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Catalogue date · 1929Palmyra, May 1929
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Catalogue date · 1900Palmyra (Tadmor). West half of colonnade, showing part of central arch
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Catalogue date · 1920Palmyra. Temple of Baal. Interior. Ceiling in the southern cloister
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Catalogue date · 1920Palmyra. Desert. Qasr el Heir. Elaborately carved gate lintel
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