Syria Throwback

Pictures & videos of Syria from the past / Syrian culture and traditions.

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Traditional Syrian Clothing.
L to R:
Aleppo-Hama-Bosra (Daraa)
Raqqa-Palmyra (Homs)-Sweida
Lattakia-Deir Ezzor-Idlib
Artist: Ziad Zakaria

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Druze maidens and children on Roman pavement.

Qanawat, #Sweida, 1938.

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LIFE magazine featuring French forces in #Syria, May 20, 1940.

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The Umayyad Mosque in #Damascus, c. 1920s.

PC: Jules Gervais

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Church of St George (left). Built in 515 AD, it is one of Syria's oldest continuous churches.
Church of St Elias (right). Built in 542 AD.

Izraa, #Daraa, early 20th century.

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Street scene, #Aleppo, Syria, 1940.
PC: Margaret Bourke-White

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French Foreign Legion soldiers gather around newly erected tents as they set up their outpost near #Homs, Syria, 1940.
PC: Margaret Bourke-White

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Aerial view of the village settled in the precincts of Qalaat al Mudiq, #Hama, 1936.

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Alawite women and children gleaning, early 20th century. #Syria

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Busy scene on the Orontes river.

#Hama, early 20th century.

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Traditional Sword and Shield Game, c. 1970s. #Syria

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Khalid ibn Al-Walid Mosque, #Homs, early 20th century.

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Ghouta, #Damascus. c. 1930s

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American School in Mhardeh, #Hama. c. 1930s

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Mhardeh, #Hama. c. 1930s

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Women at the Spring Water. Palmyra, #Syria, 1928.

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Roman Theatre in Bosra, #Syria, 1972.

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A family walks past the walled town and beehive-shaped mud homes of Talbiseh, #Homs. 1940.
Photograph by: Margaret Bourke-White

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A Jewish Lady from Damascus, #Syria.
Photograph by: Ludovico Wolfgang Hart, 1865.

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Syrians perched atop camels prepare to ride in front of the gateway at Palmyra in the 1930s.
Photograph by: W. Robert Moore

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Syrian sweets displayed in a bakery in #Damascus, 1950s.
Photograph by: David Boyer