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Suggested Readings and Resources

Burns, Ross. Damascus: A History. London: Routledge, 2009.
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Daskalakis Mathews, Annie-Christine. "A Room of 'Splendor and Generosity' from Ottoman Damascus." Metropolitan Museum Journal 32 (1997), pp. 111–39.
High school

Keenan, Brigid. Damascus: Hidden Treasures of the Old City. Photographs by Tim Beddow. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2000.
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Contains many color photographs and is especially useful for contextualizing images of Damascus courtyards and buildings.

Kenney, Ellen. "The Damascus Room." In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.
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Reception Room (Qa'a) [Damascus, Syria] (1970.170). In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.
High school

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Conserving the Damascus Room at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Video. 3 min. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011.

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