Ancient City Collection (page 12)

The ruins of Soli, or Pompeiopolis, Turkey, 1841. Artist: J H Kernot
The ruins of Soli, or Pompeiopolis, Turkey, 1841. Soli was an ancient city and port in Cilicia, in present day Turkey, 11 km west of present day Mersina (near the village Viransehir)

Beirout, the ancient Berothah, Syria, 1841. Artist: James B Allen
Beirout, the ancient Berothah, Syria, 1841. Bairuth et le Mont Liban. Berothah or Berothai was a city in ancient Syria belonging to Hadadezer bar Rehob, king of Zobah in the early tenth century BCE

The bazaar at Jaffa, the ancient Joppa, Palestine (Israel), 1841. Artist: E Smith
The bazaar at Jaffa, the ancient Joppa, Palestine (Israel), 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume II, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

Pergamos, 19th century. Artist: John Cousen
Pergamos, 19th century. Pergamos was a city in western Asia Minor (modern Turkey), north of Smyrna, and about 15 miles inland from the Aegean Sea

Antioch, Turkey, 19th century

Old ports of Carthage, Tunisia, c1890. Artist: Hildibrand
Old ports of Carthage, Tunisia, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XXI, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

The obelisk of Heliopolis, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The obelisk of Heliopolis, Egypt, 1905. Obelisks always stood in pairs at the entrance to a temple. This obelisk is now in London

Ancient royal city of Samaria, where Philip preached Christ, looking west, Palestine, 1900. From a series called Travelling in the Holy Land Through the Stereoscope, by Jesse Hurlbut

The Grand Square after the fire, Alexandria, Egypt, c1910s

The Grand Square, Alexandria, Egypt, c1910s

Amongst the ruins of Tirynth, Greece, 1937. Artist: Martin Hurlimann
Amongst the ruins of Tirynth, Greece, 1937. Illustration from Das Mittelmeer: Landschaft, Baukunst und Volksleben im Kreise des Mittellandischen Meeres, a work on Mediterranean architecture

Gut-dressing works, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, c1890. Illustration from Caucase and Asie Centrale, Types and Costumes, (a work on the people and costume of the Caucasus and Central Asia), by L Boulanger

Bukhara wagon, Uzbekistan, c1890. Artist: Gillot
Bukhara wagon, Uzbekistan, c1890. Illustration from Caucase, Types and Paysages, (a work on the people and landscape of the Caucasus), by L Boulanger, (Paris, c1890)

Sir Sydney Smith (1764-1840) defending the breach at Acre, 1816. Artist: I Brown
Sir Sydney Smith (1764-1840) defending the breach at Acre, 1816. Smith was the English admiral of whom Napoleon Bonaparte said, That man made me miss my destiny

The surrender of Acre, 1804. King Richard I (1157-1199) took Acre in 1191 as part of the Third Crusade. Richard was King of England from 1189 to 1199

Plan of the town of Acre, Palestine, 14th century. From a drawing by Martino Sanuto in the 21st volume of the Archaeology

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon, c1920s-c1930s(?). Baalbek is the site of the ancient city of Heliopolis, which rose to prominence during the later Hellenistic and Roman period

Constantine, Algeria, c1840s. Artist: C Lalaisse
Constantine, Algeria, c1840s. The scientific exploration of Algeria. The ancient city of Cirta was originally founded by the Phoenicians and later became part of the Roman Empire

The Mound of Babil, Iraq, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

The mosque and the ruined quarter of Bayazid (Dogubayazit), Turkey, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII

A ruined colonnade at Palmyra (Tadmur), Syria, 1895
A ruined colonnade at Palmyra, Syria, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1895. Artist: Armand Kohl
Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

The ruins of Baalbek (Balabakk), Syria, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The ruins of Baalbek (Balabakk), Syria, 1900. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Catapult, c1868. A Roman siege engine attacks the city of Carthage during the siege of 146 BC. Delenda est Carthago (Carthage must be destroyed) is carved into the wood. Hand-coloured later

The Forum, Pompeii, Italy, 1893. Artist: John L Stoddard
The Forum, Pompeii, Italy, 1893. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Cities, Scenes and Paintings, (The Werner Company, Chicago, c1893)

Obelisk at Heliopolis, Egypt, c1870. Artist: W Dickens
Obelisk at Heliopolis, Egypt, c1870. Illustration from Sinai and Jerusalem; or Scenes from the Bible Lands by the Rev FW Holland, (London, c1870)

Turkish Courier Relating the News of the Capture of Acre, 19th century. Artist: W Greatbatch
Turkish Courier Relating the News of the Capture of Acre, 19th century

Assault on the City of Lachish, 700-692 BC, (c1900-1920). Artist: Sir Austen Henry Layard
Assault on the City of Lachish, 700-692 BC, (c1900-1920). A print after a 19th-century drawing from Layards Monuments of Nineveh

History of Paper: 3, c1900
History of Paper, c1900. The library of Alexandria, c300 BC. French advertisement for Liebigs extract of meat

The Alexander Mosaic, c79 AD, (1902). The Battle of Issus in 333 BC, after the Roman mosaic from the city of Pompeii which was destroyed in 79 AD

Greek antiquities of the Mycenean and Homeric ages, (1902). Illustration from The Worlds History, The Mediterranean Nations, by Dr H F Helmolt, Volume IV, published by William Heinemann, (London)

Dr Heinrich Schliemann, German Homeric Archeologist, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Dr Heinrich Schliemann, German Homeric Archeologist, 1877. Schliemann excavated the sites of the ancient cities of Mycenae and Troy

Susa, Khuzestan, Iran, c1890. View of the ancient city of Susa or Shush, which was the administrative capital of the Persian king Darius I

Alexandria from the sea, Egypt, c1890. The Egyptian port of Alexandria. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Ruins of Inca Monuments in the Environs of Tiahuanacu, South of Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, 1877. A city flourished here between 500 and 950 AD

Alexandria, Egypt, 19th century. Artist: Edward Paxman Brandard
Alexandria, Egypt, 19th century. View of the port and lighthouse with boats

Venus and Aeneas, 17th century. Artist: Sebastien Bourdon
Venus and Aeneas, 17th century. According to Greem Mythology, Aeneas was aTrojan hero who was the son of Prince Anchises and Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love (Venus in the Roman pantheon)

Priam and Achilles, 17th century. Artist: Padovanino
Priam and Achilles, 17th century. Priam, King of Troy, pleading with Achilles for the return of the body of his son, Hector, who Achilles killed in combat

The Sacrifice of Polyxena, 1730s. Artist: Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Younger
The Sacrifice of Polyxena, 1730s. According th Greek Mythology, Polyxena was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba

The Death of Dido, c1637-c1640. Artist: Sebastien Bourdon
The Death of Dido, c1637-c1640. Dido, Queen of Carthage, commits suicide after being abandoned by her lover, Aeneas. The story is recounted in the Aeniad, a poem by the Roman poet Virgil

The excavations of Antinopolis, Egypt, by Albert Gayet, 1904. Antinopolis (Antinoe) was a city on the bank of the Nile founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian near the site where his deified lover

Persepolian sculpture, 1848. Artist: J Bull
Persepolian sculpture, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Pompeii, Italy, 1900. Archaeological dig at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii which was destroyed by a volcano eruption in 79 AD

Troy Town, 1498-1515, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Troy Town, 1498-1515, (1843). Scene showing the rebuilding of the city by its legendary king, Priam, after it had been sacked by Hercules

The ruins of Pompeii, Italy, 19th century. Pompeii was buried under a thick layer of volcanic ash by a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD

Byzantine, Hierapolis, Pamukkale, Turkey, 190BC. Ancient city on top of the famous Pamukkale hot springs

Theatre, Hierapolis, Pamukkale, Turkey, 190BC. Ancient city on top of the famous Pamukkale hot springs

Hierapolis, Pamukkale, Turkey, 190BC. Ancient city on top of the famous Pamukkale hot springs

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