This is part of a series of "diaries" by veteran photojournalist Norbert Schiller, reflecting on his world travels in decades past: Up until the beginning of the civil war, in the spring of 2011, I traveled to Syria regularly for nearly two decades. Unlike most journalists, who had a difficulty procuring a Syrian visa, I had it relatively easy.
Syria, Paradise Lost: Part I
Remembering visits to Syria’s lesser-known sites from antiquity, now threatened by conflict.