The Citadel. Monumental gateway facade of crenellated tower with arrow slits and decorated with a horizontal calligraphic band above the doorway.

Male shopkeeper at the entrance to his shop with display of mixed goods hanging from the walls and ceiling.

Four smiling schoolboys in uniform standing in a line with their arms around each others shoulders. Three quarter view.

Deir Martalka the Convent of St Takla. Exterior and bell tower with flower petals laid out on rugs in the courtyard and steep eroded cliff face behind.

The Umayyad Mosque. The ablutions fountain with pilgrims sitting around the hexagonal base and crossing the marble courtyard floor at its left.

The Umayyad Mosque. Lantern holder with ablutions fountain Minaret of the Bride and arcade in the background.

The Umayyad Mosque. Lantern holder with ablutions fountain Minaret of the Bride and arcade.

Man selling eggs in street market standing holding tray with more stacked behind him.

Prayer bead vendor on roadside.

Monumental arch. High central arch flanked by lower arch on each side with colonnaded street partly seen behind and masonry ruins in the foreground.

View towards Monumental Arch comprising of high central arch flanked by a lower arch on each side with the Arab Castle or Qalaat Ibn Maan on the hilltop behind.

Colonnade and archway with man on a bicycle framed between columns.