Desert Collection (page 10)

Ruth and Naomi, 1886, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
Ruth and Naomi, 1886, (c1902). After a painting in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Scene from the Old Testament: Orpah, (on the right)

The Plaza, El Paso, Texas, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown
The Plaza, El Paso, Texas, USA, c1900. Central square in the town of El Paso. The area has since been heavily developed. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell

The Sandstorm Threatens The Travellers, 1935. From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 1, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London, ]

Vermilion Cliffs and Vast Depths of an Unparalleled Wonderland, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

View of the mountains of Qumran in the Judean desert valley, the caves where ancient Hebrew texts were found should be noted

Montezuma Castle located on a hilltop in the Green River valley. It was built by the Hohokam Indians and later inhabited by the Sinagua Indians, now its a National Monument

Early morning in the wilderness of Shur, 1860. Artist: Frederick Goodall
Early morning in the wilderness of Shur, 1860. Scene set at the Well of Moses on the western shore of the Red Sea. A family group are sitting outside a tent on the far left

La Illah il Allah, c1875. Artist: Carl Haag
La Illah il Allah, c1875. Scene showing a man praying to Allah with palms upturned. Beside him on the ground lie his weapons, behind is his camel

Woman of Dsjidda (Jeddah) selling flatbread, Arabia, c1772-1774. Artist: CJ de Huyser
Woman of Dsjidda (Jeddah) selling flatbread, Arabia, c1772-1774. From the account of the expedition to Arabia and the Middle East undertaken by the German explorer Carsten Niebuhr on behalf of

The Pyramids of El-Geezeh from the South West, Egypt, 1858. Artist: Francis Frith
The Pyramids of El-Geezeh from the South West, Egypt, 1858

The Ababda, nomads of the eastern Thebaid Desert, 1848. Artist: Freeman
The Ababda, nomads of the eastern Thebaid Desert, 1848. Illustration from The Valley of the Nile by Emile Prisse d Avennes

Top of the First Pyramid of Gizah, Egypt, 1802. Artist: Thomas Milton
Top of the First Pyramid of Gizah, Egypt, 1802. Plate 4 from Views of Egypt by Luigi Mayer

Temple of Sobek and Horuss at Kom Ombo, Egypt, 19th century. Artist: David Roberts
Temple of Sobek and Horus at Kom Ombo, Egypt, 19th century. From Egypt and Nubia, Vol 2, by David Roberts

A Slave Kaffle, 1821. Artist: Denis Dighton
A Slave Kaffle, 1821. A kaffle or coffle means a group of animals, prisoners, or slaves chained together. Illustration from Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa in the years 1818-19 and 1820

A Sand Wind on the Desert, 1821. Artist: Denis Dighton
A Sand Wind on the Desert, 1821. In 1818 George Francis Lyon and Joseph Ritchie undertook an expedition to try to map the course of the River Niger and locate the city of Timbuktu

An excavated temple at the foot of the Sphinx, Giza, Egypt, 4th March 1862. Artist
An excavated temple at the foot of the Sphinx, Giza, Egypt, 4th March 1862

The Battle of the Pyramids, Egypt, 3 Thermidor, Year 6 (21 July 1798). Napoleon defeated the Mamluk army of the Ottoman Turks, conquering Egypt for France

Camel Conveying a Bride to her Husband, 1821. Artist: Denis Dighton
Camel Conveying a Bride to her Husband, 1821. Plate 16 from A Narrative of Travels in Northen Africa by Captain George Francis Lyon, 1821

Archaeologist Bernardino Drovetti measuring a colossal head in the Egyptian desert, 1819
Bernardino Drovetti measuring a colossal head in the Egyptian desert, 1819. Drovetti (1776-1852) and his followers using a plumb line to measure the head

Stern Reality, or Last but not Least, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Stern Reality, or Last but not Least, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Should Women Ride Astride?, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Should Women Ride Astride?, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Gollywogs of the Desert, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Gollywogs of the Desert, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Cup and Ball-the camels favourite game, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Cup and Ball-the camels favourite game, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Posing at the Pyramids, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Posing at the Pyramids, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Round the Pyramids, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
Round the Pyramids, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, c1845. Artist: David Roberts
The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, c1845. From Egypt and Nubia, Vol 1, by David Roberts

Mungo Park encouraged by the sight of a little flower, (19th century). Artist: JM Corner
Mungo Park encouraged by the sight of a little flower, late 19th century. Scottish explorer Mungo Park (1771-1806) led two expeditions into the interior of West Africa in an attempt to determine

Ruins of the ancient city of Pella, Jordan. During Roman times Pella was one of the cities of the Decapolis, a group of ten cities on the eastern edge of the Empire in Judea and Syria

Cleopatras Pool, Siwa, Egypt. An oasis in the Libyan desert, Siwa became famous from the 7th century BC as the site of the oracle temple of Amon

Jebel at Takrur from Siwa, Egypt. An oasis in the Libyan desert, Siwa became famous from the 7th century BC as the site of the oracle temple of Amon

View of Siwa from Aghurmi, Egypt, 1992. An oasis in the Libyan desert, Siwa became famous from the 7th century BC as the site of the oracle temple of Amon

Ruined citadel, Siwa, Egypt, 1992. An oasis in the Libyan desert, Siwa became famous from the 7th century BC as the site of the oracle temple of Amon

Trans Atlas, Morocco

The Empty Quarter, Oman

Camels, Trans Atlas road, Morocco

Todra Gorge, Morocco

Erfoud, eastern Morocco

Tinerhir, Morocco. Tinerhir is an oasis in the Wadi Todgha in the south-eastern foothills of the Atlas mountains on the edge of the Sahara Desert

Allied War Cemetery, El Alamein, Egypt. Fought in October and November 1942, the Battle of El Alamein saw the British and Commonwealth forces of the 8th Army under General Bernard Montgomery defeat

Sijilmasa (Sijilmassa), Morocco. Sijilmasa was a city on the edge of the Sahara at the northern end of the Trans-Sahara trade route. It was destroyed by nomadic raiders in 1818

The theatre, Palmyra, Syria. Situated in an oasis in the Syrian desert halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates, Palmyra grew up as an important caravan town on the old Silk Road

Upper Colonnade Street, Palmyra, Syria. Situated in an oasis in the Syrian desert halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates

The Oval Piazza, Palmyra, Syria. Situated in an oasis in the Syrian desert halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates, Palmyra grew up as an important caravan town on the old Silk Road

The Tetrapylon, Palmyra, Syria. Situated in an oasis in the Syrian desert halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates, Palmyra grew up as an important caravan town on the old Silk Road

Looking out through an arch, fortress of Al Ukhaidir, Iraq, 1977. The fortified palace of Al Ukhaidir near Karbala was built in the late 8th century by the Abbasids

Sentry walk, fortress of Al Ukhaidir, Iraq, 1977. The fortified palace of Al Ukhaidir near Karbala was built in the late 8th century by the Abbasids

Great Ziggurat, Calah (Nimrud), Iraq, 1977. Ziggurats were temple towers of terraced pyramid form built by the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia

View from the Ziggurat at Calah (Nimrud), Iraq, 1977. The Assyrian city of Nimrud was the capital of Ashurnasirpal II in the 9th century BC. The Great Ziggurat was built by his son, Shalmaneser III

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