Sahara Desert Collection

Map of Africa, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Map of Africa, 1902. Showing colonial possessions including French West Africa and German South West Africa, with insets of Table Bay in South Africa, and British and German East Africa

Desert Squadron - planes of the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War, c1943. The aircraft are Martlets...operating in the Western Desert with the Royal Air Force

An Oasis Town in the Sahara Desert, Sultanate of Morocco (French Protectorate), c1930s. From " Tour of the World". [Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa. New York, Chicago, London]

The Sphinx, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Sphinx, 1890. The Great Sphinx, may have been built by during the reign of Pharaoh Khafre (c2558-2532 BC). From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

The Pyramids and Sphinx, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Pyramids and Sphinx, 1890. Giza Pyramid complex, built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom and the Great Sphinx believed to have been built by during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafre

At a Battlefield Cemetery in Egypt, 1942, (1945). Creator: Unknown
At a Battlefield Cemetery in Egypt, 1942, (1945). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pays his respects at a military cemetery near El Alamein in the Western Desert

Earth from space - Africa and the Atlantic Ocean, c1980s. Creator: NASA
Earth from space - Africa and the Atlantic Ocean, c1980s. Planet Earth showing the Sahara Desert, with Europe at the top

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ruined Citadel, Siwah, Egypt
Ruined citadel, Siwah, Egypt. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) visited Siwahs oracle of Zeus Amon (the Ancient Greek god Zeus represented with the rams horns of the Ancient Egyptian god Amon)

Sahara, c1930s
Sahara. Immured within the green litter which sways perilously from side to side, a woman of Islam is borne across the desert, c1930s. From Geographical Magazine, Volume 5

On the Tripoli road, c1942 (1944)
On the Tripoli Road. The gun is firing at an enemy strongpoint delaying the advance. In the foreground a wounded gunner is tended by one of his comrades, c1942 (1944)

Close-up of a great battle. The Australians are bringing in a wounded prisoner, 1942 (1944). The Battle of El Alamein, Egypt, 1942. From The Eighth Army [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1944]

August at Alamein, 1942 (1944)
August at Alamein. The Prime Minister comes to see the men of the Eighth Army. He is with General Freyberg, New Zealand Commander, 1942 (1944)

Ambulance men with a wounded anti-tank gunner, c1942 (1944). A wounded soldier of the British Eighth Army in the North African desert. From The Eighth Army

Maps and plans are spread on the sand, 1942 (1944)
Maps and plans are spread on the sand as the Brigadier takes his decisions and gives his orders, 1942 (1944). At the beginning of November 1942 the Eighth Army defeated Rommel in the decisive Second

Victors of the Western Desert in Conference, 1941. General Sir Archibald Wavell (1883-1950) and Major-General R. N. O Connor (1889?-981) discussing the final assault on Bardia, January 5th, 1941

Unhappy the Caproni They Happen to Spot, 1941. Allied soldiers in the Western Desert during World War II. From The War Illustrated: Volume 4 edited by Sir John Hammerton

Stepped pyramid of King Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, c1890. Artist: Newton & Co
Stepped pyramid of King Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, c1890. Djoser (Zozer) was the second pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt

Mapping in the sand, Halfa to Shellal, Egypt, 1926 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover
Mapping in the sand, Halfa to Shellal, Egypt, 1926 (1927). A print from Cape to Cairo, by Stella Court Treatt, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1927

Aerial view of the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, from a Zeppelin, 1931 (1933). A photograph from Zeppelin-Weltfahrten, Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ127 Graf Zeppelin 1932, Dresden

Aerial view of archaeological excavations near Saqqara, Egypt, 1931 (1933). A photograph from Zeppelin-Weltfahrten, Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ127 Graf Zeppelin 1932

Powder play, Morocco. A print from Customs of the World, Volume II Hutchinson and Co, Paternoster Row, London

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)

A Targui man, 1895. Artist: Henri Thiriat
A Targui man, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

The Sahara Desert, North Africa, 1895. Artist: Barbant
The Sahara Desert, North Africa, 1895. As seen from the Spa Pass, north-west of Biskra. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII

Jebel Khanfusa, the Sahara Desert, North Africa, 1895. Artist: Barbant
Jebel Khanfusa, the Sahara Desert, North Africa, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

Cliffs of the Igharghar, taken from the north of Temassinin, c1890. Artist: Armand Kohl
Cliffs of the Igharghar, taken from the north of Temassinin, c1890. Tunisian landscape. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XXI, (Virtue & Co Limited)

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)

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)

Tunisian boy in the Sahara Desert, 1936. Artist: Ewing Galloway
Tunisian boy in the Sahara Desert, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

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