Archaeologists digging up the past while the present watches them sweat.
Luc Bachelot, a researcher with the CNRS, has been directing since 1994 the French archeological mission at Tell Shioukh Faouqâni in Syria and coordinates the excavations that are carried out there.
Cinematography
Sun-baked Syrian landscapes that make dust look poetic.
Production
Real excavation footage, zero dramatization—pure process.
Director
André Targe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2001 doc captures Syrian archaeology just before the civil war made such fieldwork impossible—now a time capsule.
Tell Shioukh Faouqâni sits in the Upper Khabur valley, a region later devastated by ISIS looting of heritage sites.
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