Raqqa: The Forgotten Excavation of an Islamic Site in Syria by the Ottoman Imperial Museum in the Early Twentieth Century

Raqqa, in Syria, was the only Islamic site excavated by the Ottoman Imperial Museum during its existence in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Although the Imperial Museum may not have been searching specifically for an Islamic site of the medieval period to excavate, its response to t...

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Main Author: Yoltar-Yildirim, Ayşin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Muqarnas
Year: 2014, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-93
Further subjects:B Raqqa Ottoman Imperial Museum Islamic archaeology Ottoman excavations Ottoman historiography Islamic ceramics Ottoman archives Macridy Çinili Köşk Halil Edhem Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum Halep
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