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06-APR-2009

Afamia 8503.jpg

Apamea, Syria view map

The mosaics inside the former caravansary are of decent quality, but the light conditions are awful. I did all the correcting I could, still the pictures suffer from all sorts of false colours, reflections and what not.

This is part of the Socrates Mosaic, 362-363 AD. In the full mosaic Socrates (from the altar of the church) is depicted raising his hand in an almost Christlike gesture. It has been suggested this conforms a strong Neoplatonic tradition in Apamea at the time.

Nikon D3
1/30s f/3.5 at 27.0mm iso4000 full exif

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