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Woman from Lošinj, modern-day Croatia.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Ethnic groups, Human types, Islands, Lošinj / it. Losino / anc. Apsorros, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Man from Cephalonia island.

Tags: Cephalonia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Ionian islands, Social sphere and everyday life, Weapons

Woman from Cephalonia island.

Tags: Cephalonia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Cave of volcanic minerals near Anadolu Kavaği, where the Bosporus joins the Black Sea.

Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

The fortresses of Europe and Asia on the Bosporus. In the foreground, the fountain of Küçüksu or fountain of Mihrisah Sultan, near the location of Sweet Waters of Asia (today Göksu Deresi).

Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bosporus, Bpats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Ottoman monuments, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Ottoman imam.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Imams, Istanbul, Ottomans, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey

Deli, member of the light cavalry corps.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman army, Ottoman soldiers, Ottomans, Portraits, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey, Weapons

The Grand Vizier.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Grand Viziers, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey

Turkish woman from rural area. Turkish woman from urban area.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Jewellery, Ottomans, Shoes and footwear, Turkey, Turks, Women

Ottoman archer.

Tags: Archers, Arches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman army, Ottoman soldiers, Ottomans, Professions, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey, Weapons

Chavus Bashi, high-ranking administrative official of the Sublime Porte.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Portraits, Professions, Thrace, Turkey

The church of Saint Polycarpus at Izmir.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Church of Saint Polycarpus (Izmir), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Human types, Izmir / Smyrna, Religious practices, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Travel, Turkey

Houses and gardens outside Tarsus in Cilicia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Cilicia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Natural environment, Tarsus, Turkey, Views

View of Tarsus in Cilicia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Cilicia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Tarsus, Turkey, Views

View of one of the ports of Elaeussa Sebaste (today Ayas) and the city fortress.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ayaş / anc. Elaeussa Sebaste, Castles and fortresses, Cilicia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Ports, Tents, Turkey, Views, Walls

Ancient monument in Ayas, Cilicia. Ancient ruins in the background.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ayaş / anc. Elaeussa Sebaste, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Pack animals, Turkey, Views

Early Christian ruins in Madenşehri, Binbirkilisse area, Mount Karadag.

Tags: Animal husbandry, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Binbirkilisse, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Human types, Madenşehri, Mount Karadag, Mountains, Natural environment, Shepherds, Turkey, Views

Fountain at Cairo, Egypt, included in this edition so that it could be compared to similar monument of Konya.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Equids, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Muslim prayer, Views, Women

Mosque at Cairo, Egypt, included in this edition so that it could be compared to similar monuments of Konya.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Human types, Mosques, Views

Ancient funerary monument in the area of Antioch of Pisidia. In the background, the town of Yalvaç.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Turkey, Views, Yalvaç / anc. Antioch of Pisidia

Street in Isparta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Isparta / anc. Sparta (Asia Minor), Turkey, Views, Women

View of a building on Mount Homa, Asia Minor.

Tags: Asia Minor, Çivril, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey

Watermill on Mount Homa, Asia Minor.

Tags: Asia Minor, Çivril, Costume - Hats and headwear, Domestic tasks, Houses, Human types, Mount Homa, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Water mills, Women

View of the Stadium of Aphrodisias in Caria.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Camels, Caria, Costume - Hats and headwear, Geyre / anc. Aphrodisias, Human types, Modes of transport, Pack animals, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Stadium of Aphrodisias, Stadiums, Turkey, Views

View of the Stadium of Aphrodisias in Caria.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Caria, Costume - Hats and headwear, Geyre / anc. Aphrodisias, Human types, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Stadium of Aphrodisias, Stadiums, Turkey, Views

View of the ruins of Aphrodisias in Caria and the modern settlement of Geyre.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Caria, Costume - Hats and headwear, Geyre / anc. Aphrodisias, Human types, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

The gorge of Lycus river (today Çürüksu). According to Herodotus, here the river disappears underground to resurface again furher away. Following Herodotus' text Laborde discovered this location near ancient Colossae and the Greek village of Chonae.

Tags: Asia Minor, Caves, Costume - Hats and headwear, Çürüksu (anc. Lycus) river, Gorges, Honaz /gr. Chonai / anc. Colossae, Human types, Natural environment, Rivers, Turkey, Views

The remains of the Ancient Theatre of Tripolis of Phrygia, in modern-day Yenicekent, Asia Minor.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Tripolis of Phrygia, Ancient theatres, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Pack animals, Tents, Turkey, Views, Yenicekent / anc. Tripolis of Phrygia

The interior of a café in Istanbul.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Weapons

Zeibek costume from the Maeander plain.

Tags: Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Denizli, Ethnic groups, Human types, Turkey, Zeibeks

View of the necropolis of Hierapolis. Traveller reading an inscription on a funerary monument.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Denizli, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Hierapolis, Pamukkale / anc. Hierapolis, Sarcophagi, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Travel, Turkey, Views

View of funerary monuments in the valley of Hierapolis.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Denizli, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Hierapolis, Pamukkale / anc. Hierapolis, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey, Views

View of the Roman Theatre and the ruins of Hierapolis. In the background, the travertine terraces of Pamukkale.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Denizli, Human types, Natural environment, Pamukkale / anc. Hierapolis, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Hierapolis, Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Turkey, Views

View of a mosque in the town of Yalvaç, which is built next to the site of Antioch of Pisidia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Caramania, Cemeteries, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Turkey, Views, Wells, Yalvaç / anc. Antioch of Pisidia

Peasant using the cover of an ancient sarcophagus as a drinking trough, outside Yalvaç, which is built next to the site of Antioch of Pisidia.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Caramania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Sarcophagi, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Wells, Yalvaç / anc. Antioch of Pisidia

The outskirts of Afyon Karahisar.

Tags: Afyonkarahisar / anc. Akroinοn, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Mosques, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

Forest in the region called Kosref Pasha Khan, near Afyon Karahisar.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Equids, Human types, Kosref Pasha Khan, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Pack animals, Travel, Turkey, Views, Women

View of Midas monument in the village of Yazılıkaya, near Eski Sehir. The whole of the ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Midas monument, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Phrygian monuments, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Turkey, Views, Yazılıkaya

View of the rock-cut monuments in Doganli valley (today Yazılıkaya) near Eski Sehir. This ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the larger territory of the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Phrygian monuments, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Tents, Travel, Turkey, Views, Yazılıkaya

View of Doganli valley (today Yazılıkaya) near Eski Sehir. This ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bovids, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Human types, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Pack animals, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Turkey, Views, Yazılıkaya

Side view of the rock-cut monument known as “small Yazılıkaya” in Doganli valley (today Yazılıkaya) near Eski Sehir. This ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Human types, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Pack animals, Phrygian monuments, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Turkey, Views, Yazılıkaya

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