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View of the Temple of Ra-Horakhty in Derr, Egypt.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, El-Derr, Hieroglyphs, Nubia, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Ra-Horakhty, Temple of Ra-Horakhty (Derr)

View of the Temples of Abu Simbel in Egypt.

Tags: Abu Simbel, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Egypt, Egyptian temples, Nasser, Nubia, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Rivers

View of the Temple of Mandulis, Nubian deity. This temple is also called Temple of Kalabsha as of its location (at Kalabsha, near Aswan).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Aswan / anc. Syene, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Egyptian gods / deities, Egyptian temples, Ethnic groups, Kalabsha / anc. Talmis, Nubia, Nubians, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Temple of Mandulis – Temple of Kalabsha

View of the Temple of Dedwen, Nubian deity, at the cape of Kalabsha (anc. Talmis), near Aswan. During the first Christian centuries, this temple served as a church, and it is still called this way.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Aswan / anc. Syene, Egypt, Human types, Kalabsha / anc. Talmis, Nubian architecture, Ruins, Temple of Dedwen (Kalabsha), Views

View of the Ptolemaic Temple of Kom Ombo.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Aswan / anc. Syene, Boats and ships, Egypt, Egyptian gods / deities, Kom Ombo / anc. Omboi, Natural environment, Nile river, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Rivers, Ruins, Temple of Kom Ombo, Views

The pylon of the Temple of Luxor (anc. Thebes), together with the colossal statues and the obelisk of Ramses II.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Luxor Obelisk, Pharaohs, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Ramesses II, Sculptures, Temple of Luxor, Thebes / Luxor

View of Minya in Egypt. In the background the El-Amrawy Mosque.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, El-Amrawy Mosque / El-Amrawy Camii, Fatimid architecture, Fatimid monuments, Houses, Human types, Minya, Mosques, Nile river, Rivers, Smoking, Views

View of Fuwwah, city close to the Delta of Nile, east of Alexandria.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Egypt, Fuwwah, Houses, Kafr El-Shaikh, Mosques, Nile river, Rivers, Views

The port of Alexandria.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Egypt, Houses, Lighthouses, Ports, Views

Fig. 1. Rock-cut mausoleum in Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor. Fig. 2. Lanscape at the Gulf of Saint Paul, in Lindos (Rhodes).

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Bay of Agios Pavlos (Lindos), Boats and ships, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Funerary monuments, Greece, Islands, Lindos, Lycia, Mausoleums, Rhodes, Views

Carved tombs in Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Funerary monuments, Human types, Lycia, Mausoleums, Turkey, Views

View of Marmaris in Asia Minor. In the background the Castle of the city, constructed by the Knights Hospitaller.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Caria, Castle of Marmaris, Houses, Knights Hospitaller, Marmaris / anc. Physkos / gr. Marmaritsi, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Turkey, Views

View of the medieval city of Rhodes. On the right the Naillac Tower, constructed during the era of the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller Philibert de Naillac, hence its name, and demolished in the mid-19th century.

The central square of the city of Kos with the Plane tree of Hippocrates.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Birds, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Greece, Houses, Islands, Kos, Ottoman architecture, Plane tree of Hippocrates, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Views

View of Foca in Asia Minor.

Tags: Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Foça / anc. Phocaea, Houses, Ionia, Mosques, Turkey, Views

View of the eastern shores of the Dardanelles. In the background the Sultaniye Castle.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Çanakkale, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Houses, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sultaniye Castle (Sultaniye Kalesi - Çimenlik Kalesi), Turkey, Views

View of Herceg Novi.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Herceg Novi / it. Castelnuovo / anc. Neocastron, Houses, Montenegro, Stari Grad Castle, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views

View between Senglea and Vitoriosa in the Grand Harbor of Malta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Houses, Malta, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Senglea, Valletta, Views, Vitoriosa, Walls

Grand Harbour, Malta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Fishermen, Grand Harbour (Valetta), Houses, Human types, Malta, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Valletta, Views, Walls

Fig. 1. Inscription from Lefkada. Fig. 2. Seat-like stone from the School of Homer (Agios Athanasios), Ithaca. Fig. 3. Capital of column found near Skala, Cephalonia. Fig. 4. Part of wall from the ruins at Aetos, Ithaca.

Tags: Aetos (Ithaca), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cephalonia, Greece, Inscriptions, Ionian islands, Ithaca, Lefkada, School of Homer / Agios Athanasios (Ithaca)

Part of ancient wall in Sami, Cephalonia

Tags: Acropoleis of Sami, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cephalonia, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Sami, Walls

Ruins from the site of the Acropolis of Sami on Cephalonia island.

Tags: Acropoleis of Sami, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cephalonia, Greece, Ionian islands, Sami

Ruins of the polygonal walls of the Acropolis on Aetos Hill, on Ithaca.

Tags: Acropoleis, Aetos (Ithaca), Architecture and built environment, Greece, Ionian islands, Ithaca

Ruins of the polygonal walls of the Acropolis on Aetos Hill, on Ithaca.

Tags: Acropoleis, Aetos (Ithaca), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Greece, Ionian islands, Ithaca

The Roman Theater of Nicopolis, in Epirus.

Tags: Ancient theatres, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Epirus, Greece, Mules, Nicopolis (Epirus), Preveza, Roman monuments, Roman theatre of Nicopolis

Ruins of a square building at the ancient walls of Lefkada.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Ionian islands, Lefkada, Shoes and footwear, Weapons

Ruins of ancient walls at Lefkada.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Ionian islands, Lefkada, Women

Panoramic view of Topkapi Palace from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. In the foreground the Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III. In the background Prince islands.

Panoramic view of the Topkapi Palace from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. In the foreground the first courtyard of the palace with Hagia Irene on the left. In the background the Gate of Salutation, the Tower of Justice, the Divan and the imperial kitchens.

Panoramic view of Istanbul from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. On the right part of the Topkapi Palace. In the background the mosques of Sultan Suleiman I and Mehmet II.

Panoramic view of the Seraglio Point from one of the minarets of Hagia Sophia. On the left the University of Abdülmecid. In the background the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I, the Obelisks of the Hippodrome of Constantinople and the Sea of Marmara.

View of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. On the left the Fountain of Sultan Ahment III. In the background the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I, the Byzantine walls of the city and the Sea of Marmara.

View of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. On the right the Madrasa of Mahmut I.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Mahmud I (Ι. Mahmut), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Religious schools (madrasas), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul: View of the upper gallery from the south-west.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Chandeliers, Children, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottomans, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul: View of the upper gallery from the south-west.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Ottomans, Quran, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views

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