GUF4358103: Church of the Resurrection of Christ on the Griboedova Canal, not far from Prospettiva Nevsky, built between 1883 and 1907, on the model of the Saint Basilica of Moscow. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358206: Colonnade at dawn, Palmyra site, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358214: Colonnade, Palmyra site, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358286: Men praying, prayer room, inside the mosque of Umayyads (Umayyads, Umayyads), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358287: Prayer room, inside the mosque of Umayyads (Umayyads, Umayyads), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358361: Souk Hamidiye, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358373: Man dressed in white and rug, souk of Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358384: Traditional clothing store, Hamidiye souk, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358403: Women making a child drink at a fountain, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358413: Souk Hamidiye, at night, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358421: Typical silk from Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358445: Handmade chandelier, souk of Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358453: Spices, souk of Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358471: Alternative medicine dealer, souk of Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358511: Tray with glass of tea in the hammam Nour ed Din (1154), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358516: Hamman Nour ed Din (1154), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358519: Man asleep on a bench of the hammam Nour ed Din (1154), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358568: Prayer, mosque of the Umayyad (Umayyad, Umayyad), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358604: Portrait of a woman, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358612: Portrait of a young woman, mosque of the Umayyad (Umayyad, Umayyad), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358655: Veiled woman lacing a boy's shoes, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358692: Motorcycle with a sticker of a veiled Arab girl, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358708: Typical house in Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358739: Ladies in front of a clothing store, souk Hamidiye Damascus, Syria / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358742: Entrée of the court of the mosque of Umayyads (Umayyads, Umayyads), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358747: Minaret of the Umayyad Mosque (Umayyad, Umayyad), Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358774: Minaret, Damascus, Syria / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358786: Perfumes, Aleppo, Syria, 2003. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358807: Woman with her back in front of people in the courtyard of the mosque of Umayyads (Umayyads, Umayyads), Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358809: Handmade products in the inner courtyard of Madrasa Abdullah, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358819: People in a shop in front of a scarf display, souk Hamidiye, Damascus, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358824: Statuette, in a prayer position, found at the archaeological site of Tell Hariri, Syria. Around 2400 BC. Today at the Louvre, Paris. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358832: Souk of Aleppo at night, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358863: Typical pastries with the owner and seller of the pastry shop Moussattat, one of the oldest in the city of Aleppo, Syria. / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358881: Portrait of the writer Amélie Nothomb, Paris, France, 2004 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

GUF4358967: Imaginary portrait of Homere, Roman work from the 2nd century AD. Musee du Louvre, Paris. / Bridgeman Images