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The Great Umayyad Mosque |
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Saladdin's statue |
Old doorway |
The Umayyad mosque was built on the site of a Roman temple |
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| Remains of the temple |
Our rickety coach. All the others had gone on the Haj |
Street vendor |
Houses overlooking the river Barada |
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On the Street Called Straight |
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 Spice vendor on the Street Called Straight |
 Young children are everywhere. Many speak passable English, too. |
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 Part of the Azem palace |
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 The Azem palace |
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 An ancient khan |
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 Hamidiyah Souk |
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 Outside the Umayyad Mosque |
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| Christian quarter |
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Danish Institute, preserving a fine old Damascus house |
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| Danish Institute |
Friendly Palestinian |
Inside the Institute |
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Eastern gate |
Salihiya souk |
Mardam Bey house |
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Suleimanieh, fine Ottoman architecture |
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| National Museum |
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| Sayedah Zeinab Mosque: |
restingplace of the Prophet's sister |
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| Maloula ravine |
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Deir Mar Mousa monastery, 6th C. |
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| View from the monastery |
Fr. Paolo, who restored the ancient monastery |
Qanawat, Roman city |
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| "What's that box with the lid up?" asked one of our number |
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Two Druze women |
The Roman theatre at Bosra |
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| The theatre |
Bob declaiming Shakespeare, what else? |
The ruins at Bosra |
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| Martha in the hammam |
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Countryside |
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| Krak des Chevaliers |
The entrance |
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| Never actually stormed and taken |
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Amazing views |
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Outside the Great Hall |
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Lady of the castle |
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Last seen in the sunset |
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| Palmyra |
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The Syrian Sun God |
The home of Baal |
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| Roof of Baal's temple niche |
The temple of Baal |
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| No, thank you, not today |
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Theatre at Palmyra |
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| Theatre |
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Our leader, Peter Clark |
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| Roman water pipes |
City centre |
From on high |
Ancient tower tombs |
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The largest of the tower tombs |
Views over the desert |
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| Beehive houses and a Bedu tent |
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Pumping water |
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