Syria (172 Subjects)
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.
Map of Syria and the Holy Land.
Map of Syria, Mesopotamia and part of Persia.
Woman from Cairo and woman from Aleppo, both in formal dress.
Im. 2: River crab from Egypt and Syria. River crab of the species Potamon potamios, from Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia.
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).
Oak branch of the species Quercus Libani (Lebanon oak), from 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.
Map of Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.
Inhabitan of the wast coast of Syria.
Dervish of Syria.
View of Jericho. View of the fortress of Damascus.
View of Damascus.
Bridge near Damascus.
The site where Paul was baptized by Ananias. The site on the route to Damascus where Paul converted to Christianism.
Site outside Damascus where it was believed that Cain killed Abel.
Church on the route from Damascus to Beirut, site of Noah's tomb according to tradition.
Banana tree seen by Thevet in Damascus.
Muslim ascetes, probably members of Dervish orders, whom Thevet encountered in Damascus.
View of the port of Latakia, the ancient Laodicea.
The mosque built on the site of the temple of Dionysus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).
View of the mosque built on the site of the temple of Bacchus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).
The Tetraporticon or Arch of Septimius Severus at Latakia (ancient Laodicea).
The cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa in Tartus, Syria.
A building near Tartus, Syria.
A fountain on Amrit river, south of Tartus in Syria.
A monumental building on the coasts of Syria, possibly a Roman funerary monument between Tartus and Amrit, to the south of Tartus.
A monumental building on the coasts of Syria, possibly a Roman funerary monument between Tartus and Amrit, to the south of Tartus.
A monumental building between Tartus in Syria and Tripoli in Lebanon.
Phoenician funerary monuments in the necropolis of Amrit, south of Tartus, Syria.