Syria Collection (page 9)

A sheikh and his bodyguard, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Keystone
A sheikh and his bodyguard, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide (detail)

An open bazaar in Damascus, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
An open bazaar in Damascus, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide

Damascus and its gardens, as seen from the north-west, Syria, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Damascus and its gardens, as seen from the north-west, Syria, 1900. Stereosciopic slide

Manufacturing silk, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Manufacturing silk, Syria, 1900s. Women gather silk-ends, as finely spun as cobwebs, and connect them to reels. Stereoscopic slide (detail)

Women sorting large piles of silk cocoons, Antioch, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Women sorting large piles of silk cocoons, Antioch, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide

Silk cocoons woven into mulberry branches, Antioch, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Silk cocoons woven into mulberry branches, Antioch, Syria, 1900s

Feeding silk worms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Feeding silkworms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide (detail)

Feeding silkworms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Lebanon mountains, Syria, 20th century
Feeding silkworms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide

Experts purchasing silk cocoons, for export to France, Antioch, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Experts purchasing silk cocoons, for export to France, Antioch, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide (detail)

A silkworm plantation in the Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A silkworm plantation in the Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide

Damascus, Syria, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Damascus, Syria, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Pope John V. A Syrian by birth, John was pope from 685 to 686

Damascus, Syria, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

The environs of Damascus, Syria, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Damascus, Syria, 19th century. Artist: J H Kernot
Damascus, Syria, 19th century

Antiochus and Stratonice, 17th or early 18th century. Artist: Luca Giordano
Antiochus and Stratonice, 17th or early 18th century. Antiochus I Soter (d261 BC) was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire

Antiochus and Stratonike, 18th century. Artist: Gaspare Diziani
Antiochus and Stratonike, 18th century. Antiochus I Soter (d261 BC) was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He married his stepmother, Stratonice, after his father, Seleucus I Nicator

Female portrait head (The Syrian woman), 160-170. Art of Ancient Rome, Classical sculpture. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Damascus, Syria, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus, 1926. Artist: Frederic Shields
The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Fat-tailed sheep of Syria, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Antioch, Syria, 19th century. Artist: W Miller
Antioch, Syria, 19th century. The ancient city of Antioch was founded in 301 BC. It was the capital of the Seleucid dynasty in Syria and a province of the Roman Empire

Defence of the Citadel of Rachaya, Druze rebellion, Jabal el Druze, Syria, 1925. The Druze rebellion was a revolt by Syrian nationalists against the French mandate authorities who ruled Syria after

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion at a railway yard, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion stacking logs, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion travelling by wagon, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Officer inspecting a mounted detatchment of the French Foreign Legion, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

The French Foreign Legion, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Officers of the French Foreign Legion, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

St John Chrysostom, mid 15th century. Artist: Fra Angelico
St John Chrysostom, mid 15th century. St John Chrysostom (c347-407), Syrian priest and one of the Doctors of the Christian Church. He was created Bishop of Constantinople in 398

Hittie relief, Tel Halaf, 6100 BC - 5100 BC. Tell Halaf is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, it was the first find of a Neolithic culture

Image of Atargatas, a Nabatean goddess of fertility and fruits. Now in the National Archaeological Museum In Amman

St Simeon Stylites on top of his post, 5th century
Detail of a Christian funerary relief from Egypt showing St Simeon Stylites (c. 390 - 2 September 459) on top of his post, 5th century

Bronze coin minted at Damascus, 7th century
Bronze coin (a fals) minted at Damascus, with a figure holding crosses, 7th century

Syrian Eye-goddess
Alabaster Syrian Eye-goddess from Tell Brak, from the British Museums collection

A styrite Syrian lion-bowl, 10th century BC
A styrite Syrian lion-bowl, stopper for a vase that acts as a cup, from the British Museums collection, 10th century BC

Detail of a lion-hunt on the inside of a bronze bowl, 8th century BC
Detail of a lion-hunt on the inside of a bronze bowl, either Syrian or Phoenician, found at Ashurbanipals Palace in Nimrud. From the British Museums collection, 8th century BC

Egyptian relief of the annals of Tuthmosis III, 15th century BC
Egyptian relief of the annals of Tuthmosis III (ruled 1479-1425 BC) and his campaigns in Palestine and Syria from Karnak in Egypt, 15th century BC

Antiochus and Stratonice, 18th century. Artist: Francesco Fontebasso
Antiochus and Stratonice, 18th century. Antiochus I Soter (d261 BC) was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He married his stepmother, Stratonice, after his father, Seleucus I Nicator

Inscribed tablet of Kilamuwa, King of Sam al in Aramaic. From the Pergamon Museums collection in Berlin

Bronze fals showing a figure holding a cross, 7th century
Bronze fals, minted at Damascus, showing a figure holding crosses, 7th century

Egyptian stela with fertility gods. In the centre is the fertility goddess Quadesh, of Syrian origin, standing on a lion. On the left is the Egyptian male fertility god Min

Byzantine silk with a motif of a hero and lion, possibly Samson, from Alexandria, Damascus, or Antioch. From the Victoria and Albert Museums collection

Syrian baked clay fertility figure, 5th century BC
Syrian clay fertility figure of baked clay, seated on a round stone, from Tell Chagar Bazar, 5th century BC

Egyptian relief showing the annals of Tuthmosis III in relation to his campaigns in Palestine and Syria. Originally from Karnak, and from the Louvres collection

Limestone bust of Hairan, son of Marion from Palmyra, Syria, c150-200
Limestone bust from a Palmyrene funerary relief, from Palmyra, Syria, c150-200. Bearded man wearing toga, holding a strip of writing material in his left hand

Limestone bust of Aqmat, daughter of Hagago, Palmyra, Syria, c100-c150. From a Palmyrene funerary relief; woman wearing the veil of matronhood. From the British Museums collection

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