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  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of the impressive central courtyard of the Byzantine Duke Palace with two of its remaining stone arches that once surrounded the courtyard on three sides. The Byzantine Duke Palace was one of the largest palaces in Cyrenaica with its western wing being the main domain and containing ceremonial rooms of the Duke or Governor and his family in the 6th century AD when Apollonia was a provincial capital. The Eastern wing had 83 rooms used as quarters for soldiers and servants.  .
    Libya_Apollonia_022.tif
  • Ras Al-Hillal. Libya. View of the ruins of the Byzantine church which was built on the orders of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (527-565). Built on the foundations of an earlier Christian sanctuary the church has its altar in the west opening its door to the rising sun and remains of stairs indicate that it had at least a second level. The floor was once covered with beautiful colourful marble mosaics imported directly from Greece and Egypt in which only a few remain onsite. Used until the mid 6th century, the church was converted into a Mosque by conquering Muslim forces.
    Libya_Ras_Al-Hillal_003.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of ruins of the Byzantine Duke Palace which was one of the largest palaces in Cyrenaica. In the middle is the impressive central courtyard of the Byzantine Duke Palace with two of its remaining stone arches that once surrounded the courtyard on three sides. Its western wing was the main domain and contained ceremonial rooms of the Duke or Governor and his family in the 6th century AD when Apollonia was a provincial capital. The eastern wing had 83 rooms used as quarters for soldiers and servants.
    Libya_Apollonia_024.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of the impressive central courtyard of the Byzantine Duke Palace with two of its remaining stone arches that once surrounded the courtyard on three sides. The Byzantine Duke Palace was one of the largest palaces in Cyrenaica with its western wing being the main domain and containing ceremonial rooms of the Duke or Governor and his family in the 6th century AD when Apollonia was a provincial capital. The Eastern wing had 83 rooms used as quarters for soldiers and servants.  .
    Libya_Apollonia_019.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of the impressive central courtyard of the Byzantine Duke Palace with two of its remaining stone arches that once surrounded the courtyard on three sides. The Byzantine Duke Palace was one of the largest palaces in Cyrenaica with its western wing being the main domain and containing ceremonial rooms of the Duke or Governor and his family in the 6th century AD when Apollonia was a provincial capital. The Eastern wing had 83 rooms used as quarters for soldiers and servants.
    Libya_Apollonia_025.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of the impressive central courtyard of the Byzantine Duke Palace with two of its remaining stone arches that once surrounded the courtyard on three sides. The Byzantine Duke Palace was one of the largest palaces in Cyrenaica with its western wing being the main domain and containing ceremonial rooms of the Duke or Governor and his family in the 6th century AD when Apollonia was a provincial capital. The Eastern wing had 83 rooms used as quarters for soldiers and servants.
    Libya_Apollonia_026.tif
  • Ras Al-Hillal. Libya. View of the ruins of the Byzantine church which was built on the orders of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (527-565). Built on the foundations of an earlier Christian sanctuary the church has its altar in the west opening its door to the rising sun and remains of stairs indicate that it had at least a second level. The floor was once covered with beautiful colourful marble mosaics imported directly from Greece and Egypt in which only a few remain onsite. Used until the mid 6th century, the church was converted into a Mosque by conquering Muslim forces.
    Libya_Ras_Al-Hillal_004.tif
  • Ras Al-Hillal. Libya. View of the ruins of the Byzantine church which was built on the orders of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (527-565). Built on the foundations of an earlier Christian sanctuary the church has its altar in the west opening its door to the rising sun and remains of stairs indicate that it had at least a second level. The floor was once covered with beautiful colourful marble mosaics imported directly from Greece and Egypt in which only a few remain onsite. Used until the mid 6th century, the church was converted into a Mosque by conquering Muslim forces.
    Libya_Ras_Al-Hillal_005.tif
  • Ras Al-Hillal. Libya. View of the ruins of the Byzantine church which was built on the orders of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (527-565). Built on the foundations of an earlier Christian sanctuary the church has its altar in the west opening its door to the rising sun and remains of stairs indicate that it had at least a second level. The floor was once covered with beautiful colourful marble mosaics imported directly from Greece and Egypt in which only a few remain onsite. Used until the mid 6th century, the church was converted into a Mosque by conquering Muslim forces.
    Libya_Ras_Al-Hillal_002.tif
  • Ras Al-Hillal. Libya. View of the ruins of the Byzantine church which was built on the orders of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (527-565). Built on the foundations of an earlier Christian sanctuary the church has its altar in the west opening its door to the rising sun and remains of stairs indicate that it had at least a second level. The floor was once covered with beautiful colourful marble mosaics imported directly from Greece and Egypt in which only a few remain onsite. Used until the mid 6th century, the church was converted into a Mosque by conquering Muslim forces.
    Libya_Ras_Al-Hillal_001.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of the impressive central courtyard of the Byzantine Duke Palace with two of its remaining stone arches that once surrounded the courtyard on three sides. The Byzantine Duke Palace was one of the largest palaces in Cyrenaica with its western wing being the main domain and containing ceremonial rooms of the Duke or Governor and his family in the 6th century AD when Apollonia was a provincial capital. The Eastern wing had 83 rooms used as quarters for soldiers and servants.  .
    Libya_Apollonia_023.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of the impressive central courtyard of the Byzantine Duke Palace with two of its remaining stone arches that once surrounded the courtyard on three sides. The Byzantine Duke Palace was one of the largest palaces in Cyrenaica with its western wing being the main domain and containing ceremonial rooms of the Duke or Governor and his family in the 6th century AD when Apollonia was a provincial capital. The Eastern wing had 83 rooms used as quarters for soldiers and servants.
    Libya_Apollonia_004.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. Belltower of the Byzantine Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (monastery of metamorphosis) in Asklipeio village. Dating from 1060, the church is built in the shape of a cross and inside are superb 15-17th century frescoes depicting scenes from the Old Testament which are the most impressive in Rhodes. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Asklipio_008.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. The Byzantine Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (monastery of metamorphosis) in the village of Asklipeio. Dating from 1060, the church is built in the shape of a cross and inside are superb 15-17th century frescoes depicting scenes from the Old Testament which are the most impressive in Rhodes. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Asklipio_003.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. Belltower of the Byzantine Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (monastery of metamorphosis) in Asklipeio village. Dating from 1060, the church is built in the shape of a cross and inside are superb 15-17th century frescoes depicting scenes from the Old Testament which are the most impressive in Rhodes. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Asklipio_010.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. Belltower of the Byzantine Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (monastery of metamorphosis) in Asklipeio village. Dating from 1060, the church is built in the shape of a cross and inside are superb 15-17th century frescoes depicting scenes from the Old Testament which are the most impressive in Rhodes. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Asklipio_009.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. Belltower of the Byzantine Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (monastery of metamorphosis) in Asklipeio village. Dating from 1060, the church is built in the shape of a cross and inside are superb 15-17th century frescoes depicting scenes from the Old Testament which are the most impressive in Rhodes. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Asklipio_007.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. The Byzantine Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (monastery of metamorphosis) in the village of Asklipeio. Dating from 1060, the church is built in the shape of a cross and inside are superb 15-17th century frescoes depicting scenes from the Old Testament which are the most impressive in Rhodes. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Asklipio_004.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. The Byzantine Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (monastery of metamorphosis) in the village of Asklipeio. Dating from 1060, the church is built in the shape of a cross and inside are superb 15-17th century frescoes depicting scenes from the Old Testament which are the most impressive in Rhodes. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Asklipio_005.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. The Byzantine Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (monastery of metamorphosis) in the village of Asklipeio. Dating from 1060, the church is built in the shape of a cross and inside are superb 15-17th century frescoes depicting scenes from the Old Testament which are the most impressive in Rhodes. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Asklipio_006.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of a cross carving on a stone block of the Byzantine Duke Palace which was one of the largest palaces in Cyrenaica. Shaped like a plus sign with a letter P, this cross represents the Greek letter tau-rho which was used in early Christian writings in the spelling of the Greek words for ‘cross’.  As Christians saw the tau as symbolizing a cross, the superimposed rho may have suggested the head of Christ, making the tau-rho the first visual representation of the crucifixion by Christians. The Palace was the main domain of the Duke or Governor and his family in the 6th century AD when Apollonia was a provincial capital.
    Libya_Apollonia_020.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. The Byzantine Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (monastery of metamorphosis) in the village of Asklipeio. Dating from 1060, the church is built in the shape of a cross and inside are superb 15-17th century frescoes depicting scenes from the Old Testament which are the most impressive in Rhodes. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Asklipio_002.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of a cross carving on a stone block above the entrance to the central courtyard of the Byzantine Duke Palace which was one of the largest palaces in Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Apollonia_021.tif
  • Bara. Syria. Large stone blocks are all that remain of this building in the once prosperous Byzantine Dead city of Bara. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km.
    Syria_Bara_023.tif
  • The Early Byzantine Church (4) located on the north of the Early Byzantine fortification walls, Tripolis on the Meander, Yenicekent, Turkey.
    Turkey_Tripolis_ad_Maeandrum_016.jpg
  • Bara. Syria. Amongst orchards and olive groves are the extensive stone remains of the Byzantine Dead city of Bara. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km.
    Syria_Bara_034.tif
  • Bara. Syria. Amongst orchards and olive groves are the extensive stone remains of the Byzantine Dead city of Bara. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km. The settlement expanded rapidly during the fifth and sixth centuries and enriched it itself through becoming the region’s most important olive and wine processing centre. Its demise and abandonment occurred after a massive twelfth century earthquake.
    Syria_Bara_036.tif
  • Bara. Syria. Large stone blocks are all that remain of this building in the once prosperous Byzantine Dead city of Bara. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km. The settlement expanded rapidly during the fifth and sixth centuries and enriched it itself through becoming the region’s most important olive and wine processing centre. Its demise and abandonment occurred after a massive twelfth century earthquake.
    Syria_Bara_026.tif
  • Bara. Syria. Large stone blocks are all that remain of this building in the once prosperous Byzantine Dead city of Bara. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km. The settlement expanded rapidly during the fifth and sixth centuries and enriched it itself through becoming the region’s most important olive and wine processing centre. Its demise and abandonment occurred after a massive twelfth century earthquake.
    Syria_Bara_025.tif
  • Bara. Syria. Amongst orchards and olive groves are the extensive stone remains of the Byzantine Dead city of Bara. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km. The settlement expanded rapidly during the fifth and sixth centuries and enriched it itself through becoming the region’s most important olive and wine processing centre. Its demise and abandonment occurred after a massive twelfth century earthquake.
    Syria_Bara_022.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the remains of the atrium at the entrance of the Eastern Church where the fifty mosaics were found in the church floor, before being moved to the museum. The Church is located just 100 metres from the museum. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around 529-40 AD during the period of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.  One of the most famous mosaics has a rare representation of the famous Lighthouse of Alexander. The wonderfully preserved mosaics were accidently discovered in 1957 when Libyan labourers who were digging for building stone unearthed two Byzantine Churches. The mosaics and two Churches were part of the ancient town of Olbia and are located approximately 50 kilometres from Cyrene.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_029.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the remains of the atrium at the entrance of the Eastern Church where the fifty mosaics were found in the church floor, before being moved to the museum. The Church is located just 100 metres from the museum. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around 529-40 AD during the period of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.  One of the most famous mosaics has a rare representation of the famous Lighthouse of Alexander. The wonderfully preserved mosaics were accidently discovered in 1957 when Libyan labourers who were digging for building stone unearthed two Byzantine Churches. The mosaics and two Churches were part of the ancient town of Olbia and are located approximately 50 kilometres from Cyrene.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_028.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of a Byzantine cross carved on white Proconnesian marble architectural element from the Byzantine Western Church / Basilica at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Latrun_031.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the remains of the atrium at the entrance of the Eastern Church where the fifty mosaics were found in the church floor, before being moved to the museum. The Church is located just 100 metres from the museum. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around 529-40 AD during the period of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.  One of the most famous mosaics has a rare representation of the famous Lighthouse of Alexander. The wonderfully preserved mosaics were accidently discovered in 1957 when Libyan labourers who were digging for building stone unearthed two Byzantine Churches. The mosaics and two Churches were part of the ancient town of Olbia and are located approximately 50 kilometres from Cyrene.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_030.tif
  • Bara. Syria. Amongst orchards and olive groves are the extensive stone remains of the Byzantine Dead city of Bara. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km.
    Syria_Bara_035.tif
  • Bara. Syria. Large stone blocks are all that remain of this building in the once prosperous Byzantine Dead city of Bara. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km.
    Syria_Bara_024.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the entrance of the Eastern Church where the fifty mosaics were found in the church floor, before being moved to the museum. The Church is located just 100 metres from the museum. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around 529-40 AD during the period of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.  One of the most famous mosaics has a rare representation of the famous Lighthouse of Alexander. The wonderfully preserved mosaics were accidently discovered in 1957 when Libyan labourers who were digging for building stone unearthed two Byzantine Churches. The mosaics and two Churches were part of the ancient town of Olbia and are located approximately 50 kilometres from Cyrene.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_027.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of a Byzantine cross carved on white Proconnesian marble architectural element from the Byzantine Western Church / Basilica at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Latrun_032.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of white Proconnesian marble columns or pillars from the Byzantine Western Church / Basilica at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica. Dating from the 6th century AD the church is adorned with white Proconnesian marble architectural elements in which some marked with carved Byzantine crosses.
    Libya_Latrun_016.tif
  • Serjilla. Syria. Abandoned Byzantine sarcophagi are scattered around the necropolis of the Dead city of Serjilla.  Located in north-western Syria, the almost complete and eerie ghost town of Serjilla is home to extensive semi intact remains from the Byzantine period. The town was abandoned after the Arab conquest in the seventh century.
    Syria_Serjilla_003.tif
  • Serjilla. Syria. View of ruins of byzantine period stone buildings at the former prosperous and isolated dead city of Serjilla. Located in north-western Syria, the almost complete and eerie ghost town of Serjilla is home to extensive semi intact remains from the Byzantine period. The town was abandoned after the Arab conquest in the seventh.
    Syria_Serjilla_022.tif
  • Greece_Rhodes_Asklipio_011.tif
  • Mystras. Peloponnese. Greece. View past ruined buildings of the Castle which crowns the deserted Byzantine city of Mystras. The fortress castle was built in the 13th century by William de Villehardouin and retains its Frankish design, although it was altered by the Byzantines and Turks.
    Greece_Mystras_026.tif
  • Mystras. Peloponnese. Greece. View of the attractive 14th century Monastery of the Perivleptos on the lower town of the deserted Byzantine city of Mystras. Only two buildings remain of the original monastery, which is built under a rock face.
    Greece_Mystras_018.tif
  • Mystras. Peloponnese. Greece. View within the grounds of the imposing fortress castle built in the 13th century by William de Villehardouin at the deserted Byzantine city of Mystras.
    Greece_Mystras_011.tif
  • Serjilla. Syria. View of the colonnaded facade of a double fronted villa at the dead city of Serjilla. Dating from the fifth century, the very large villa would have been completely fronted with columns and Corinthian capitals. Located in north-western Syria, the almost complete and eerie ghost town of Serjilla is home to extensive semi intact remains from the Byzantine period. The town was abandoned after the Arab conquest in the seventh.
    Syria_Serjilla_030.tif
  • Serjilla. Syria. Stone work marked with a cross and a partial view of the facade of a two storey house at the dead city of Serjilla. Dating from the sixth century, the house has decorative moulding s around its doors and windows and would have been fronted with a double portico. Located in north-western Syria, the almost complete and eerie ghost town of Serjilla is home to extensive semi intact remains from the Byzantine period. The town was abandoned after the Arab conquest in the seventh.
    Syria_Serjilla_024.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. Doorway frames the view of the arches surrounding the octagonal courtyard of the Church of Saint Simeon. In the background is the Western Terrace. Once a major Christian pilgrimage destination, the fifth century monastery Church of Saint Simeon was built in honour of St. Simeon the Stylite who lived here atop a column for 42 years before dying in 459 AD. A masterpiece of Byzantine architecture, the striking honey coloured limestone Cruciform complex comprises of four separate basilica buildings with a central octagonal courtyard with the column of St Simeon in the middle.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_031.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of the restored Byzantine Western Church / Basilica at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Latrun_030.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of the restored Byzantine Western Church / Basilica at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Latrun_018.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of the Central church or Basilica of Apollonia. The Basilica main sanctuary is flanked with columns of white marble adorned with Byzantine crosses.
    Libya_Apollonia_006.tif
  • Mystras. Peloponnese. Greece. View through an archway of the attractive 14th century Monastery of the Perivleptos on the lower town of the deserted Byzantine city of Mystras. Only two buildings remain of the original monastery, which is built under a rock face.
    Greece_Mystras_016.tif
  • Mystras. Peloponnese. Greece. View of the attractive 14th century Monastery of the Perivleptos on the lower town of the deserted Byzantine city of Mystras. Only two buildings remain of the original monastery, which is built under a rock face.
    Greece_Mystras_002.tif
  • Bara. Syria. View of the larger of the two monumental pyramid tombs at the dead city of Bara. The monumental tomb dates from the sixth century and its lavish carved acanthus leaf decoration and corner pilasters of Corinthian design indicates the high level of prosperity within the settlement at the time. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km. The settlement expanded rapidly during the fifth and sixth centuries and enriched it itself through becoming the region’s most important olive and wine processing centre. Its demise and abandonment occurred after a massive twelfth century earthquake.
    Syria_Bara_010.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of the restored Byzantine Western Church / Basilica at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approxima
    Libya_Latrun_026.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of the archaeological remains of the 6th century Eastern Byzantine Church at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica. The Church or Basilica has two upright columns and is strewn with pieces of columns, some made of white Proconnesian marble.
    Libya_Latrun_013.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of two arched vaulted cisterns with the remains of Byzantine house above them. On the right are a number of Rock Chambers consisting of rectangular rooms with elaborate portals. They were probably used as warehouses for goods awaiting distribution.
    Libya_Apollonia_049.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  Close-up view of a Byzantine cross that adorns the white marble columns of the Central church or Basilica of Apollonia.  Located approximately 20 kilometres from the magnificent Greek city of Cyrene,
    Libya_Apollonia_009.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  Close-up view of a Byzantine cross that adorns the white marble columns of the Central church or Basilica of Apollonia.  Located approximately 20 kilometres from the magnificent Greek city of Cyrene,
    Libya_Apollonia_008.tif
  • Mystras. Peloponnese. Greece. Panoramic view of some of the buildings of the deserted Byzantine city of Mystras. In the foreground is the 14th century Church of Pantanassa, now a convent and high above crowning the city is the imposing fortress castle built in the 13th century by William de Villehardouin.
    Greece_Mystras_025.tif
  • Mystras. Peloponnese. Greece. View of a ruined building on the higher town of the deserted Byzantine city of Mystras. Crowning a wooded spur of Mt Taygetos,
    Greece_Mystras_013.tif
  • Serjilla. Syria. View of ruins of the once tripled-naved church at the dead city of Serjilla. Located in north-western Syria, the almost complete and eerie ghost town of Serjilla is home to extensive semi intact remains from the Byzantine period. The town was abandoned after the Arab conquest in the seventh.
    Syria_Serjilla_038.tif
  • Serjilla. Syria. View of remains of former house at the dead city of Serjilla. Located in north-western Syria, the almost complete and eerie ghost town of Serjilla is home to extensive semi intact remains from the Byzantine period. The town was abandoned after the Arab conquest in the seventh.
    Syria_Serjilla_028.tif
  • Bara. Syria. View of a collapsed building and large stone arch that would have held up its ceiling at the dead city of Bara. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km.
    Syria_Bara_032.tif
  • Bara. Syria. Amongst orchards and olive groves are the extensive stone remains of the Dead city of Bara. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km.
    Syria_Bara_029.tif
  • Bara. Syria. Side view of the larger of the two monumental pyramid tombs at the dead city of Bara. The monumental tomb dates from the sixth century and its lavish carved acanthus leaf decoration and corner pilasters of Corinthian design indicates the high level of prosperity within the settlement at the time. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km. The settlement expanded rapidly during the fifth and sixth centuries and enriched it itself through becoming the region’s most important olive and wine processing centre. Its demise and abandonment occurred after a massive twelfth century earthquake.
    Syria_Bara_020.tif
  • Bara. Syria. Side view of the larger of the two monumental pyramid tombs at the dead city of Bara. The monumental tomb dates from the sixth century and its lavish carved acanthus leaf decoration and corner pilasters of Corinthian design indicates the high level of prosperity within the settlement at the time. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km. The settlement expanded rapidly during the fifth and sixth centuries and enriched it itself through becoming the region’s most important olive and wine processing centre. Its demise and abandonment occurred after a massive twelfth century earthquake.
    Syria_Bara_019.tif
  • Bara. Syria. View of the larger of the two monumental pyramid tombs at the dead city of Bara. The monumental tomb dates from the sixth century and its lavish carved acanthus leaf decoration and corner pilasters of Corinthian design indicates the high level of prosperity within the settlement at the time. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km. The settlement expanded rapidly during the fifth and sixth centuries and enriched it itself through becoming the region’s most important olive and wine processing centre. Its demise and abandonment occurred after a massive twelfth century earthquake.
    Syria_Bara_012.tif
  • Bara. Syria. View of the larger of the two monumental pyramid tombs at the dead city of Bara. The monumental tomb dates from the sixth century and its lavish carved acanthus leaf decoration and corner pilasters of Corinthian design indicates the high level of prosperity within the settlement at the time. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km. The settlement expanded rapidly during the fifth and sixth centuries and enriched it itself through becoming the region’s most important olive and wine processing centre. Its demise and abandonment occurred after a massive twelfth century earthquake.
    Syria_Bara_009.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. Close-up view inside the museum of the intricate details on one of the extraordinary collection of fifty mosaics that were found in the floor of the Eastern Church. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_021.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View inside of the museum of two of the extraordinary collection of fifty mosaics that were found in the floor of Eastern Church at Qasr Libya.. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_019.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View inside of the museum of two of the extraordinary collection of fifty mosaics that were found in the floor of Eastern Church at Qasr Libya.. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_016.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View inside of the museum of two of the extraordinary collection of fifty mosaics that were found in the floor of Eastern Church at Qasr Libya.. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_015.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View inside of the museum of two of the extraordinary collection of fifty mosaics that were found in the floor of Eastern Church at Qasr Libya.. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_011.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. Close-up view inside the museum of the intricate details on one of the extraordinary collection of fifty mosaics that were found in the floor of the Eastern Church. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_008.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. Close-up view inside of the museum of a section of the largest mosaic that was found in the northern aisle of the Eastern Church. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_004.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of the restored Byzantine Western Church / Basilica at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approxima
    Libya_Latrun_033.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of the restored Byzantine Western Church / Basilica at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Latrun_017.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of the remains of the 6th century Eastern Byzantine Church at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Latrun_015.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of the Libyan / Mediterranean Sea and the spectacular and rugged Eastern Libyan coastline beside the two 6th century AD Byzantine Basilicas of the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Latrun_005.tif
  • Mystras. Peloponnese. Greece. Panoramic view of some of the buildings of the deserted Byzantine city of Mystras. In the foreground is the 14th century Church of Pantanassa, now a convent and high above crowning the city is the imposing fortress castle built in the 13th century by William de Villehardouin.
    Greece_Mystras_023.tif
  • Mystras. Peloponnese. Greece. View along a dirt path through a stony archway of the scenic mountainous and green landscape surrounding the deserted Byzantine city of Mystras.
    Greece_Mystras_012.tif
  • Mystras. Peloponnese. Greece. Panoramic view of lush green slopes of the Mount Taygetos range as seen from the fortress of the deserted Byzantine city of Mystras. Crowning a wooded green spur of Mt Taygetos,
    Greece_Mystras_007.tif
  • Serjilla. Syria. Stone work marked with a cross and a partial view of the facade of a two storey house at the dead city of Serjilla. Dating from the sixth century, the house has decorative moulding s around its doors and windows and would have been fronted with a double portico. Located in north-western Syria, the almost complete and eerie ghost town of Serjilla is home to extensive semi intact remains from the Byzantine period. The town was abandoned after the Arab conquest in the seventh.
    Syria_Serjilla_023.tif
  • Serjilla. Syria. View of the well preserved facade of the baths at the Dead city of Serjilla. The baths, built in 473 are among the most intact examples found in Syria and its existence indicates the degree of prosperity in the community at the time. Located in north-western Syria, the almost complete and eerie ghost town of Serjilla is home to extensive semi intact remains from the Byzantine period. The town was abandoned after the Arab conquest in the seventh.
    Syria_Serjilla_008.tif
  • Bara. Syria. Amongst orchards and olive groves are the extensive stone remains of the Dead city of Bara. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km.
    Syria_Bara_030.tif
  • Bara. Syria. View of the larger of the two monumental pyramid tombs at the dead city of Bara. The monumental tomb dates from the sixth century and its lavish carved acanthus leaf decoration and corner pilasters of Corinthian design indicates the high level of prosperity within the settlement at the time. Bara is the most extensive of the Byzantine Dead cities in north eastern Syria with the site extending over an area of 2 km by 3 km. The settlement expanded rapidly during the fifth and sixth centuries and enriched it itself through becoming the region’s most important olive and wine processing centre. Its demise and abandonment occurred after a massive twelfth century earthquake.
    Syria_Bara_001.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the now empty squares of the Eastern Church floor where the fifty mosaics were found, before being moved to the museum. The Church is located juts 100 metres from the museum. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around 529-40 AD in the period of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_026.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View inside of the museum of the extraordinary collection of mosaics that were found in the Eastern Church. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_024.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the now empty squares of the Eastern Church floor where the fifty mosaics were found, before being moved to the museum. The Church is located juts 100 metres from the museum. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around 529-40 AD in the period of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_025.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. Close-up view inside the museum of the intricate details on one of the extraordinary collection of fifty mosaics that were found in the floor of the Eastern Church. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_022.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View inside of the museum of two of the extraordinary collection of fifty mosaics that were found in the floor of Eastern Church at Qasr Libya.. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_014.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. Close-up view inside of the museum of a section of the largest mosaic that was found in the northern aisle of the Eastern Church. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_010.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View inside of the museum of the extraordinary collection of mosaics that were found in the Eastern Church. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_005.tif
  • Qasr Libya. Cyrenaica. Libya. View inside of the museum at Libya of the largest mosaic that was found in the northern aisle of the Eastern Church. The lively and colourful mosaics of Qasr Libya are considered some of the finest examples of Byzantine period art ever discovered. Dating from around AD 529-40 during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the mosaics subjects range from animals, plants and mythological creatures.
    Libya_Qasr-Libya_Museum_003.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of the restored Byzantine Western Church / Basilica at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Latrun_029.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of white Proconnesian marble columns or pillars from the Byzantine Western Church / Basilica at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Latrun_025.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of the restored Byzantine Western Church / Basilica at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Latrun_022.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of the restored Byzantine Western Church / Basilica at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Latrun_020.tif
  • Latrun. Libya. View of the remains of the 6th century Eastern Byzantine Church at the small town of L’Atrun or Al Athrun which is located approximately 35 kilometres from Apollonia in the region of Cyrenaica.
    Libya_Latrun_014.tif
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