Stone remains from Yarim Tappa. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Figure posed beside a stone object, a double drum, tapered in the centre: see note at print 17. Probably photographed at Darreh Gaz.
The Prehistorical Vessel [from Yarim Tappa, near Darreh Gaz]. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
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Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of pot: 'One result of my visit to Darragaz was, as stated baove, a discovery of pottery, and to this I now propose to refer. My host knew that I was deeply interested in everything old, and informed me that when digging in some ruins at about 8 feet...
Masud Khan (in Cossack uniform) and Colonel Glavroff. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the two men on horseback, photographed while investigating archaeological remains to the west of Darreh Gaz: 'Upon returning to Mohamedabad, Masud Khan received a telegram from Colonel Glodoff, who commands a division of artillery at Askabad, to the effec...
Masud Khan on the ruins of the Birthplace of Nadir Shah. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
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Genre: Portrait Photography View looking up hillside towards Masud Khan, seated on horseback: 'Some six miles from Mohamedabad [Darreh Gaz] , the capital, I was met by Masud Khan Chapashlu, Governor of Darragaz. The Chapashlu, or 'Owners of Goats', are a branch of the Turkish Istajlu, one of th...
The site of the find of stonework and pottery [Yarim Tappa]. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
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Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the mound, with Dabbardast Khan and Masud Khan: 'On the day after my arrival I was taken to Yarim Tappa, the site of the discovery [of the pieces seen in prints 16-17], situated some two miles north of Mohamedabad [Darreh Gaz]. The mound, which is perha...