Custodian to the Sanctuary of Bel in traditional red and white checked head-scarf gutra or kiffeiya. Ruins of colonnaded portico behind.

View along colonnaded street with consoles projecting from each column and the Arab Castle or Qalaat Ibn Maan on the hilltop behind. PalmyraPalmyra

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

Monumental arch framing detail of colonnaded street Palmyra

City view towards Mount Kassioun.

View over the city.

View over Tajrida Al Maghribiya Square with traffic encircling a central fountain. Modern facade of the Central Bank top right.

Church of Saint Simeon. Detail of limestone archway and wall recess.

Historical site above the village of Qalaat Mudiq. Colonnaded street.

Historical site above the village of Qalaat Mudiq. Colonnaded street.

Wooden norias or waterwheels on the Orontes river and the Al-Nuri Mosque dating from 1172 and built of limestone and basalt.

Wooden norias or waterwheels on the Orontes river and the Al-Nuri Mosque dating from 1172 and built of limestone and basalt. Large section of a wheel in the immediate foreground.