Aventurier, voyageurs et savants. A la découverte archéologique de la Syrie. XVIIe-XXIe siècle. Celte Account of the journey made

Account of the journey made to the convent of Saint-Antoine

The smooth

three monumental gates provide access to the domains of Hathor

and Castelfiorentino—the artist's technique is being seen in a new light

Transgression returns in a more accessible edition that is still as rich in visual discoveries as ever

Aventurier, voyageurs et savants. A la découverte archéologique de la Syrie. XVIIe-XXIe siècle. Celte Account of the journey madeIn Syria, a land of passage for millennia, each civilization has left its mark and thousands of sites have been recorded there. However, it was not until the end of the 17th century that Europeans began to take an interest in these remains. The description of Palmyra by Pastor Halifax in 1691, then that of the "antiquarians" Robert Wood and James Dawkins in 1751, as well as the travelogue of Richard Pococke in 1737, were at the origin of a real craze