back to search results
Less Info
Add to Cart Add to Lightbox Download

Soils in Syria

At the Dead City of Baqerha in the mountains outside of Aleppo. Properous in Byzantine times and until the 9th or 10th centuries, the Dead Cities fell prey to environmental destruction, first earthquakes, then soil erosion that destroyed any hope of prosperity and full repopulation.

Contact: John Ryan of ICARDA
ICARDA, Tel Hadya,
(963-21)2213433, Ext 741
Home: +9639 21 2662481
j.ryan@cgiar.org


In the background can be seen the Dead City of Dargeeta.

Filename
MM6977_071007_18787.jpg
Copyright
Jim Richardson
Image Size
5100x3387 / 8.3MB
www.jimrichardsonphotography.com
Contained in galleries
At the Dead City of Baqerha in the mountains outside of Aleppo. Properous in Byzantine times and until the 9th or 10th centuries, the Dead Cities fell prey to environmental destruction, first earthquakes, then soil erosion that destroyed any hope of prosperity and full repopulation.<br /> <br /> Contact: John Ryan of ICARDA<br /> ICARDA, Tel Hadya, <br /> (963-21)2213433, Ext 741<br /> Home: +9639 21 2662481<br /> j.ryan@cgiar.org<br /> <br /> <br /> In the background can be seen the Dead City of Dargeeta.