Camels Collection (page 10)

The royal party leaving the encampment at Giza, Egypt, c1861 (1910)
En route for the Great Pyramids: the royal party leaving the encampment at Giza, Egypt, c1861 (1910). From Edward VII: His Life and Times, Volume I edited by Sir Richard Holmes, K.C.V.O

French Domedary Regiment. Captured with a Convoy in the Lybian Desert, May, 1801, (1884)
French Domedary Regiment. Captured with a Convoy in the Lybian Desert, May, 1801. The dromedary regiment was created by Napoleon in 1799 who staffed it with elite soldiers and based it in Cairo

Saladin Escaping on a swift Dromedary, 1869. Saladin or Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, (1137-93), Sultan of Egypt and Syria, leader of Muslim armies against the Crusaders

A Camel Train bound for Damascus, 1936. From a private album of a passenger who undertook a cruise on the S.S. Arandora Star, which began 9th April, 1936

Carmelite and Armenian churches at Martinengo Bastion, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus, 1936
The Carmelite and Armenian churches at Martinengo Bastion, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus. From a private album of a passenger who undertook a cruise on the S.S. Arandora Star, which began 9th April, 1936

British tourists seated on camels in front of The Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt, 1936
British tourists seated on cammels in front of The Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt, 1936. From a private album of a passenger who undertook a cruise on the S.S. Arandora Star, which began 9th April, 1936

Marco Polo Lands at Ormuz, (c1300 ), 1912
Marco Polo Lands at Ormuz, c1300. After a work from the Book of the Marvels of the World (Livre des merveilles du monde) being a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa

The Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, 1899. Artist: The Fine Art Photographers Co
The Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, 1899. A portrait statue of the 4th dynasty Pharaoh Khafre (Chephren) in the form of a sphinx, a mythical creature with a lions body and human head

Camels carrying fodder, Egypt, c1890. Artist: Newton & Co
Camels carrying fodder, Egypt, c1890. Lantern slide

Near the Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem, c1927-c1931. Artist: Cavanders Ltd
Near the Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem, c1927-c1931. Detail from a stereoscopic card issued with Army Club cigarettes. The Jaffa Gate is one of eight gates in the walls of the Old City of Jerusalam

Aden, c1880

The slave trade in Africa: a gang on the march, c1875

Yanbu, Medina, Arabia, c1924. Yanbu (Yembo) is a port city on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. A print from Countries of the World, edited by JA Hammerton, first volume, The Fleetway House, London

Pilgrims with their camels on their way to Karbala, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
Pilgrims with their camels on their way to Karbala, Iraq, 1925. the site of the martyrdom in 680 of Abbas ibn Ali, half brother of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the prophet Mohammed

The bazaar square in Basra, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
The bazaar square in Basra, Iraq, 1925. A print from Baghdad, Camera Studio Iraq, published by Hasso Bros, Rotophot AG, Berlin, 1925

The procession of the Mahmal, Cairo, Egypt. The Mahmal was a pyramid of richly embroidered fabric over a wooden frame carried by a camel

Camels in the desert outside Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The Kasr-El-Nile Bridge, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The Tombs of the Califs, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

An oasis near Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The Pyramids of Giza, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The Barrada River, (the ancient Pharpar), Damascus, Syria, 1841. Artist: Robert Sands
The Barrada River, (the ancient Pharpar), Damascus, Syria, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume I, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

Troops encamped at the entrance to the Keree Pass, north of Meerut, India, c1860. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began in the town of Meerut and soon erupted into other mutinies

The hill fortress of Gwalior, India, c1860. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began in the town of Meerut and soon erupted into other mutinies

Mutinous Sepoys dividing spoils, 1857, (c1860). Scene during the period of East India Company rule. Illustration from The History of the Indian Mutiny, by Charles Ball, Volume IV

A girl on a camel litter, Algeria, 1922. Artist: Crete
A girl on a camel litter, Algeria, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Tuaregs on a journey, North Africa, 1895. Artist: Ivan Pranishnikoff
Tuaregs on a journey, North Africa, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Nomad encampment, Sahara, c1890. Artist: Hildibrand
Nomad encampment, Sahara, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XXI, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

View of Murzuk, c1890. Artist: Barbant
View of Murzuk, c1890. The town of Marzuq in Libya. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XXI, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

View from the Tellat Pass, Tunisia, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XXI, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

Looking north to the temple of Sethos I, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking north to the temple of Sethos I, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This is really a composite chapel for the kings of three generations: Ramses I, Sethos I and Ramses II. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Threshing in Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Threshing in Egypt, 1905. The farm where we find this Egyptian peasant threshing his grain is in the fertile Nile valley of lower Egypt. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Entrance to the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Entrance to the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1905. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering Cairo

Looking up the northeast corner of the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking up the northeast corner of the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

King Khufus tomb, the Great Phyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
King Khufus tomb, the Great Phyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

The road to the pyramids, Giza, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The road to the pyramids, Giza, Egypt, 1905. The road westwards, from Cairo. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

Tomb Mosque of Sultan Kait Bey, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Tomb Mosque of Sultan Kait Bey, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Here before us rises the lovely tomb-mosque of Kait Bey, built in 1474, by the last of the really great Mamlukes who preceded the Turkish conquest

A Ship of the Desert passing tombs of by-gone Moslem rulers, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A Ship of the Desert passing tombs of by-gone Moslem rulers, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. We look along the northern end of a line of royal tombs which extends along the entire eastern side of the city except

Cairo, looking south west, across the city to the pyramids, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Cairo, looking south west, across the city to the pyramids, Egypt, 1905. The high-walled building on the extreme left is the mosque of Rifa iyeh

Desert warrior of Africa, 1936. Artist: Fox Photos
Desert warrior of Africa, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Two Arabs riding camels in the Sahara Desert, Africa, 1936. Artist: Fox Photos
Two Arabs riding camels in the Sahara Desert, Africa, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Nazareth, Israel, 19th century

A camel cart, India, 1916-1917

The Sphinx and Pyramid at Giza, Egypt, c1882. The Sphinx is located on the Giza Plateau with the three pyramids of Khufu (Cheops), Khafre (Chephren) and Menkaura (Men-kaur-re)

The British dominions beyond the seas at the date of the coronation, 1902. Artist: Alfred Hugh Fisher
The British dominions beyond the seas at the date of the coronation, 1902. The arms and colonies and dependencies, with animals representing the various countries: Canadian beaver

Farm labourers ploughing with a camel, Caucasus, c1890. Artist: Gillot
Farm labourers ploughing with a camel, Caucasus, c1890. Illustration from Caucase, Types and Paysages, (a work on the people and landscape of the Caucasus), by L Boulanger, (Paris, c1890)

Camel train, Mosul, Mesopotamia, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October 1918. The new nation of Iraq came into being in 1921

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