Gallery - Origins

HALF THE CRESCENT Syria Jordan Israel-Palestine Egypt SYRIA thirty-six years on a pillar GALLERY : ORIGINS

Text & Html : Tan Wee Cheng ; Photos : Casey Goh and Tan Wee Cheng

"Every cultured man has two homelands: The first is his country of birth ; the second is Syria." Syrian tourism slogan

	*Ancient Alphabets* *Table showing ancient alphabets of Syria and the surrounding countries - Ugarit, Aramaeic, Moabic, Palmyraene, Petran, Babylos, etc*
*Broken Family* *Royal divorce decree* *Ugarit (Ras shamra), 1250 B.C., Clay* *National Museum, Damascus* This clay tablet is a decree of the Hittite King Tudhaliya IV regarding the divorce of King Ammistomru II of Ugarit from the daughter of Benteshina, King of Amurru, the return of the dowry, and the royal succession in Ugarit.	Post card
*The Ruler, the Modern God-King* *President Hafiz al-Assad* *His portrait is everywhere - on buses, highways, hill-sides, shops and every building - public or otherwise...*	*Post Card*
	*Big Brother* *Encounters with Assad at the Post Office HQ*

Back to TWC's Homepage

Half The Crescent

Back to HTC Homepage

Back to Syria Homepage

Copyright@ Tan Wee Cheng & Casey Goh, Singapore September 1997