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Villagers in the ruined church of Mor Philoxenos, Midyat, 1909

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Villagers in the ruined church of Mor Philoxenos, Midyat, 1909

Place
Midyat · today Türkiye
Date
1909
ChurchVillage life

Villagers climb and stand along the broken walls around the apse of the north church of the monastery of Mor Philoxenos in Midyat. May 1909.

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Source

Wikimedia Commons (from the Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University)

Gertrude Bell · Public domain

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