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Photo: Syria
Photo: A crusader castle in Syria
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Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt
Lawrence succeeded in visiting 36 crusader castles, making careful notes, drawings, and photographs of what he saw, including the castle pictured above in Syria. These he included in his thesis, which earned him a first class at Oxford—graduation with highest honors.

—Photographed on assignment for, but not published in, “Lawrence of Arabia: A Hero’s Journey,” January 1999, National Geographic magazine
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