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Giorgio Buccellati – July 2017

Scrolling through the seasons in the Syrian "Jezirah."

"Jezirah" means "island": it is the term used today to refer to the northern region between the Euphrates and the Tigris. Urkesh/Tell Mozan is included within this area.

tell1 — Spring, from the south

tell2 — Spring, from the south

tell3 — Late spring – The wheat fields in May

tell4 — Early summer – The wheat fields in June

tell5 — Electrical storms in the summer
View of the Turkish border and the Tur Abdin from the top of Tell Mozan

tell6 — Late summer, from the south

tell7 — Fall, from the south

tell8 — Winter
The expedition house under the snow