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Detail from the Arch of Galerius in Thessaloniki.

Tags: Arch of Galerius / Kamara (Thessaloniki), Architecture and built environment, Greece, Macedonia, Reliefs, Roman monuments, Thessaloniki, Views

The church of Hagioi Apostoloi in Thessaloniki.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hagioi Apostoloi (Thessaloniki), Human types, Macedonia, Religious practices, Thessaloniki, Views, Women

The monastery of Saint Panteleimon at Mount Athos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Macedonia, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint Panteleimon (Mount Athos), Mount Athos, Natural environment, Religious practices

Egyptian cavalry soldiers at Giza.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Giza, Horses, Human types, Smoking, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

View of Strada Reale in Valletta, Malta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Malta, Modes of transport, Social sphere and everyday life, Valletta, Women

Public baths at Tripoli, Lebanon.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Lebanon, Social sphere and everyday life, Tripoli (Lebanon)

The tomb of Absalom at Cidro valley, Jerusalem. Muslims throw stones at the monument.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Tomb of Absalom (Jerusalem)

The Sultan rides to the mosque to pray on a Friday, escorted by a formal procession.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman officials, Religious practices, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

Meteora.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Greece, Human types, Meteora, Monasteries, Natural environment, Priests, Thessaly, Views

Parga.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Epirus, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Parga, Views

Arta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arta, Costume - Hats and headwear, Epirus, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Views, Walls

Nicopolis.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Epirus, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Nicopolis (Epirus), Roman theatre of Nicopolis, Views

Ioannina.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Epirus, Greece, Human types, Ioannina, Natural environment, Smoking, Views

Gjirokästër.

Tags: Albania, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Gjirokästër / gr. Argyrokastron, Human types, Natural environment, Views, Walls

Berat.

Tags: Albania, Architecture and built environment, Berat, Bridges, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Rivers, Views

Durrës.

Tags: Albania, Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Cemeteries, Costume - Hats and headwear, Durrës / anc. Epidamnos, Human types, Natural environment, Views, Walls

Shkodër.

Tags: Albania, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Shkodër / anc. Scodra, Views

Krujë.

Tags: Albania, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Krujë, Natural environment, Views

Tirana.

Tags: Albania, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Tirana, Views

Ohrid.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Human types, Natural environment, Ohrid, Views

Bitola.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bitola / Manastir / gr. Monastiri, Bridges, Costume - Hats and headwear, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Human types, Mosques, Natural environment, Rivers, Views

Giannitsa.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Giannitsa, Greece, Human types, Macedonia, Mosques, Natural environment, Views

View of Poreč in Croatia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Croatia, Houses, Istria, Poreč / it. Parenzo / anc. Parenthos /, Ports, Views

Chapel of the Prison of Saint Catherine in Salamis, Cyprus, where, according to a certain tradition the saint was born and later imprisoned. View of Siteia, Crete.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Saint Catherine's prison (Cyprus), Cyprus, Salamis (Cyprus), Views

Orthodox church in Egypt.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Damietta, Egypt, Religious practices, Views

View of Damietta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Damietta, Egypt, Houses, Views

Saracene fortress with springs in the area of Mount Sinai.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Egypt, Fountains / Springs, Mount Sinai, Views, Wells

Church and mosque on the site where God gave the tablets of the Ten Commandments to Moses on the Holy Summit or Mount Moses (Gebel Mousa). Monastery of the Forty Martyrs. The summit of Saint Catherine, on which, according to tradition, the Angels laid down the remains of the Saint.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Egypt, Mount Horeb, Mount Moses (Gabal Musa), Mount Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Church of the Apparition of the Virgin on Mount Horeb. The site where God spoke to Moses on the Holy Summit or Mount Moses (Gebel Musa).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chapel of Prophet Elias (Mount Horeb), Churches, Egypt, Mount Horeb, Mount Moses (Gabal Musa), Mount Sinai, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Katholikon of the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Egypt, Monasteries, Mount Sinai, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai), Views

Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Egypt, Monasteries, Mount Sinai, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai)

Tomb of Saint Barbara, possibly in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. View of the Pyramids of Giza; according to the author, they were the granaries of the Pharaohs of Egypt, built by Joseph son of Jacob.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Egypt, Pilgrimages, Pyramids, Pyramids of Egypt, Religious practices, Tomb of Santa Barbara (Egypt), Views

Church of the Virgin on the ouskirts of Cairo, on the site of the cave where the Holy Family hid while in Egypt (Santa Maria della Cava). Church outside Cairo near the former, (Santa Maria della Scala), with a red column which the Virgin hugged, leaving an indelible white imprint.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Egypt, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Views

View of the fortress of Babylon in Cairo (modern-day Coptic quarter).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Egypt, Views

Tower of Babel in Babylon, Mesopotamia (imaginary depiction).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Babylon, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Irak, Mesopotamia, Tower of Babel, Views

View of Cairo.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Egypt, Views

View of fortress on the Nile, on the route from Cairo to Alexandria.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Views

Port of the city of Tennis or Tinis on the Nile Delta.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Egypt, Lighthouses, Ports, Tinnis, Views, Walls

Port of the city of Tennis or Tinis on the Nile Delta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Egypt, Ports, Tinnis, Views

Settlement in the Holy Land.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Houses, Views, Walls

Settlement in the Holy Land.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Houses, Views, Walls

View of Damascus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Damascus, Houses, Syria, Views, Walls

View of Jericho. View of the fortress of Damascus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Damascus, Jericho, Palestine, Syria, Views

Mar Saba monastery on the West Bank of Jordan River.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Judaea, Mar Saba Monastery, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Fortress in the location identified as Betulia by the author. Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, possibly at Qasr el Yahud.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Holy Land, Monasteries, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Qasr El-Yahud, Religious practices

Remains of castle on the outskirts of Bethany, supposed house of Mary Magdalene. Fortress outside Bethany, called “Red Tower” (Torre Rossa) due to the many massacres which had taken place there. Site outside Bethany where Jesus wept when he heard of Lazarus' death from Mary Magdalene.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bethany (Al-Eizariya), Castles and fortresses, Galilee, Holy Land, House of Mary Magdalene, Israel, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Red Tower / Torre Rossa (Bethany), Religious practices

View of the ruined city of Trista in the Holy Land, possibly modern-day Al-Tira outside Haifa. View of Bethany.

Tags: Al Tira, Al-Eizariya, Architecture and built environment, Bethany (Al-Eizariya), Holy Land, Israel, Palestine, Views

Settlement on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, according to the author the biblical city of Bethsaida, native place of Apostles Philip, Peter and Andrew.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bethsaida, Galilee, Holy Land, Houses, Israel, Palm trees, Views, Walls

View of the outfall of river Jordan into the Sea of Galilee.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Galilee, Houses, Israel, Jordan river, Lakes, Rivers, Sea of Galilee / Lake Tiberias, Views

View of city near Tiberias. According to the author, it is the biblical city of Betulia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Betulia, Galilee, Holy Land, Israel, Views

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