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Muslim children in their circumcision costume. Animals destined to be sacrificed on the day of Kurban Bayram.

Tags: Animals, Bayram, Children, Circumcision, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Goats, Human types, Jewellery, Muslim ceremonies, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey

Scene at a public bath, possibly in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baths (Hamam), Beauty care, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Healthcare, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Istanbul, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

A “valistra”, surgical tool used for blood-letting, in Athens and other parts of modern-day Greece.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Healthcare, Social sphere and everyday life

Cotton-scutching device used in the Ottoman empire.

Tags: Agriculture, Asia Minor, Social sphere and everyday life, Textile manufacture, Turkey

View of Bethlehem.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bethlehem, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Houses, Human types, Natural environment, Palestine, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

A sarcophagus from the Tombs of the Kings complex outside Jerusalem.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Horses, Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Reliefs, Religious practices, Sarcophagi, Social sphere and everyday life, Tombs of the Kings (Jerusalem), Women

A market in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Houses, Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Women

The port of Pythagoreion on Samos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Houses, Human types, Islands, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Natural environment, Ports, Pythagoreio, Samos, Social sphere and everyday life, Windmills

The castle of Arwad on Arwad island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arwad / anc. Arados – Antiochia in Pieria, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fortress of Arwad (Syria), Houses, Human types, Islands, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados, Walls

Phoenician funerary monuments in the necropolis of Amrit, south of Tartus, Syria.

Tags: Amrit / anc. Marathos, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Necropoleis, Necropolis of Amrit (Syria), Phoenician architecture, Phoenician monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tombs of Amrit / al Maghazil

A monumental building between Tartus in Syria and Tripoli in Lebanon.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baskets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Human types, Lebanon, Natural environment, Oxen, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados, Tripoli (Lebanon), Women

A monumental building on the coasts of Syria, possibly a Roman funerary monument between Tartus and Amrit, to the south of Tartus.

Tags: Amrit / anc. Marathos, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Interiors, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados

A monumental building on the coasts of Syria, possibly a Roman funerary monument between Tartus and Amrit, to the south of Tartus.

Tags: Amrit / anc. Marathos, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados

A fountain on Amrit river, south of Tartus in Syria.

Tags: Amrit / anc. Marathos, Amrit river, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados

A building near Tartus, Syria.

Tags: Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados, Travel

The cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa in Tartus, Syria.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa (Tartus), Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados

The Tetraporticon or Arch of Septimius Severus at Latakia (ancient Laodicea).

Tags: Arch of Septimius Severus, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Women

View of the mosque built on the site of the temple of Bacchus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baskets, Children, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Houses, Human types, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Mosques, Religious practices, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Syria, Women

The mosque built on the site of the temple of Dionysus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Houses, Human types, Inscriptions, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Mosques, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Temple of Bacchus (Latakia), Women

View of the port of Latakia, the ancient Laodicea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fishing, Human types, Latakia / anc. Laodicea, Mosques, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria

Island of Stromboli.

Tags: Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Isole Eolie, Italy, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Stromboli / anc. Strongyle, Tyrrhenian sea, Women

View at Villa Scabrosa, Catania, Sicily.

Tags: Boats and ships, Bridges, Carriages, Catania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Italians, Italy, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Women

The base of a gigantic column near Syracuse.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Human types, Italians, Italy, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Syracuse

Ancient temples at Agrigento, Sicily.

Tags: Agrigento, Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Houses, Human types, Italians, Italy, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Women

Cemetery near Bucharest.

Tags: Animals, Bucarest, Cemeteries, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Human types, Religious practices, Romania, Romanians, Social sphere and everyday life

Woodchopping at Argeş River in Pireşti, Romania.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Argeş river, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Houses, Human types, Natural environment, Pitești, Rivers, Romania, Romanians, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

The church of Saint Nicholas in Curtea de Argeş, Romania.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Church of Saint Nicholas (Curtea de Argeș), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Curtea de Argeș, Ethnic groups, Horses, Human types, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint Nicholas (Curtea de Argeș), Religious practices, Romania, Romanians, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

The village of Çalikkavak near Smyadovo, Bulgaria.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bulgaria, Bulgarians, Çalıkkavak, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Smyadovo, Social sphere and everyday life, Washing and laundering, Wells, Women

Dance of Bulgarian peasants.

Tags: Bulgaria, Bulgarians, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Music, Musical instruments, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turks, Women

Landscape in the Balkan mountains.

Tags: Balkan mountains, Bulgaria, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Mountains, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Women

Kirklareli (in Greek Saranta Ekklisies), Eastern Thrace.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Houses, Human types, Kırklareli/ gr. Saranta Ekklisies / anc. Salmydessos, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

The village of Eski Istambul, near Kirklareli (in Greek Saranta Ekklisies).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eski Istambul, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Women

View of the village Kaskerat, which according to the author is located in eastern Thrace, close to Edirne and 35 leagues from Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Clocks, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Houses, Human types, Kaskerat, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Karavanserai at Lüleburgaz in Turkey.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Horses, Human types, Inns, Lüleburgaz / byz. Arcadiopolis, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Travel, Turkey, Women

Ottoman market at Lüleburgaz in Turkey.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Economic activities, Horses, Human types, Itinerant traders, Lüleburgaz / byz. Arcadiopolis, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Shops, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

The stone bridge built by architect Sinan in Büyükçekmece, east of Silivri.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Bridges, Camels, Carriages, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mimar Sinan, Modes of transport, Oxen, Silivri / Selymbria, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Wooden bridge at Küçükçekmece, near Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bridges, Camels, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Küçükçekmece, Social sphere and everyday life, Tents, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Dam at Belgrade Forest, Istanbul, (most probably Valide Dam).

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Valide Dam (Valide Bendi), Women

The aqueduct of Uzunkemer near Belgrade Forest, Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Uzunkemer aqueduct

Feast at Tarabya, on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Social sphere and everyday life, Tarabya / Therapeia, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Fountain at Pera.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Fountains / Springs, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

The mosque of Sultan Ahmed I and the Byzantine Hippodrome. In the foreground, the Obelisk of Theodosius I, and the Obelisk of Constantine VII. Between them, the Serpent column, that is, the bronze base of the golden tripod of Plataeae, originally in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi.

View of Istanbul from Pera. Valens aqueduct in the background. To the left of the aqueduct, the mosques of Suleiman I and Ahmed I, and Hagia Sophia.

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