Category:Middle East

Coral reef of the Red Sea at El Tor in the Sinai.

Sinai, Red sea, marine, animals, fishes, System, corals, Arabian, Family tree, Ernst Haeckel,

System of corals. Arabian corals. Family tree corals. Marine animals of the coral reef.

Arab tent camp near El Tor, Egypt in the Sinai.

Arab, tent, camp, El Tor, Egypt, Sinai, holy land, Ernst Haeckel,

Arabian corals: an excursion to the coral reefs of the Red Sea

The corset and the crinoline. The origin of the corset.

Chapter IX, Corset, Crinoline, Victorian, Fashion,

The origin of the Corset. The Corset and the Crinoline.

Interior of the Great Temple at Baalbek.

Interior, Great Temple, Baalbek, Lebanon,

The ruins of Baalbek. Drawn from nature by W. H. Bartlett

King Richard and the third crusade. The Knights of english history.

RICHARD I, England, King, middle ages, 12th century fashion

The Exploits of King Richard I. the Third Crusade. The siege of Acre. The third crusade.

The Dead Sea looking towards Moab April 4th 1839

Dead Sea, Moab, David Roberts, Holy Land, Israel

The View is taken from one of the hills of Engedi, immediately above the Convent of St. Saba

Jerusalem. S. Pelagias Tomb on the Mount of Olives.

Ermete Pierotti, Pelagia, Tomb, Jerusalem, Mount, Olives, Holy land,

Jerusalem. Plan and section of S. Pelagias Tomb on the Mount of Olives by Ermete Pierotti.

Clothing in Egyptian Old Kingdom. The Golden Age.

Clothing, Egyptian, Old, Kingdom, Golden, Age, costumes

The Ancient Egyptians themselves regarded the era as the Golden Age and the pinnacle of their culture.

The Laura of Mar Saba near the Dead Sea.

Mar Saba, Buttresses, Monastery, Church, Convent, Palestine,

Nine and a half miles, on horseback, from Jerusalem in the unique grandeur of its situation (the Wilderness of Engedi, near the Dead Sea), the Laura of Mar Saba…

Early monastic life and the controversy over icons.

Hieronymites, hermit, monks, Ecclesiastical habit, religious order, costume,

Two groups of poets, living in the seclusion of two monasteries were particularly involved in the dispute when at its height.