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The gate of Saint Catherine in the inn of St. Catherine in the medieval town of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Colossus of Rhodes, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Ottomans, Ports, Rhodes, Views, Walls

The gate of Saint Catherine at the hospice of Saint Catherine in the medieval town of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Ethnic groups, Gate of Saint Catherine (Rhodes), Gates, Greece, Human types, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Ottomans, Rhodes, Views, Women

Castaways of Tershelling argue over the skin and meat of the dead buffalo.

Tags: Bengal, Boats and ships, Dutch people, Ethnic groups, Frans Janszoon van der Heiden, History, India, Sailors, Shipwrecks, Terschelling (ship), Travel

Castaways of Tershelling construct a dinghy.

Tags: Bengal, Boats and ships, Dutch people, Ethnic groups, Frans Janszoon van der Heiden, History, India, Sailors, Shipwrecks, Terschelling (ship), Travel

Starving, the castaways of Tershelling roast the carcass of a dead buffalo.

Tags: Bengal, Boats and ships, Dutch people, Ethnic groups, Frans Janszoon van der Heiden, History, India, Sailors, Shipwrecks, Terschelling (ship), Travel

Castaways of Tershelling kill snakes in order to eat them.

Tags: Bengal, Boats and ships, Dutch people, Ethnic groups, Frans Janszoon van der Heiden, History, India, Sailors, Shipwrecks, Terschelling (ship), Travel

Adventures of Tershelling castaways.

Tags: Bengal, Boats and ships, Dutch people, Ethnic groups, Frans Janszoon van der Heiden, History, India, Sailors, Shipwrecks, Terschelling (ship), Travel

The castaways of Tershelling spend the night outside, on an island in the gulf of Bengal. One of them is delirious due to exhaustion.

Tags: Bengal, Dutch people, Ethnic groups, Frans Janszoon van der Heiden, History, India, Sailors, Shipwrecks, Terschelling (ship), Travel

The castaways of Tershelling approach the coast of Bengal on a raft.

Tags: Bengal, Boats and ships, Dutch people, Ethnic groups, Frans Janszoon van der Heiden, History, India, Sailors, Shipwrecks, Terschelling (ship), Travel

The sailors of Tershelling abandon their ship.

Tags: Bengal, Boats and ships, Dutch people, Ethnic groups, Frans Janszoon van der Heiden, History, India, Sailors, Shipwrecks, Terschelling (ship), Travel

Husband flays his adulterous wife alive and puts her skin on display as an example to others.

Tags: Adultery, Animals, Azerbaijan, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Interiors, Persia / Iran, Persians, Şamaxı-Shamachy, Torture, Women

Samakhi in modern-day Azerbaijan.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Azerbaijan, Camels, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Modes of transport, Persia / Iran, Persians, Şamaxı-Shamachy, Social sphere and everyday life, Views, Walls

Tatars of Kirgisia. Kalmyk Tatar.

Tags: Animals, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Human types, Kalmykia, Kirgisia / Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Shoes and footwear, Tatars, Weapons, Women

View of the sculptures of the now lost Incantadas monument at the southern entrance of the Roman Agora of Thessaloniki. The sculptures were incorporated in the house of a family of Sephardi Jewish merchants. British consul Paradise, who has come to show John Stuart and Nicholas Revett the monument, meets the owner of the house. A young servant offers the consul a cup of coffee while from above the owner's wife reprimands her husband for not having invited the consul to sit before offering him coffee. On the left, a woman who is spinning approaches the travellers. On the right, Stuart and Revett with the young son of the British consul, who is escorted by the consul's dragoman (interpreter).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Author portraits, Britons, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Incantadas monument (Thessaloniki), James Stuart, Jews, Macedonia, Nicholas Revett, Professions, Roman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thessaloniki, Travel, Women

Remains of the portico of the reservoir of the Aqueduct of Hadrian (Dexameni) at the foot of Lycabettus hill. Dairy farm belonging to Arvanites. A woman is milking her goat to make kaymak. A man has come on horseback to buy dairy products. A monk of Hagioi Asomatoi monastery is going to town with his donkey which is carrrying olives and wine. Mount Hymettus and Kaisariani monastery in the background.

The arch of the Sergii at Pula, Croatia. Peasants of Slavic ethnicity are walking by with their ox cart. James Stuart, Nicholas Revett and their assistant are on top of the arch, making drawings. On the left a man informs the women gathered that the travellers are searching the Arch of the Sergii for treasures.

View of the temple of Rome and Augustus and the adjacent temple of Diana in Pula, Croatia. Between the two temples is situated the Communal Palace of Pula and the city prison. Next to the building, a guard and locals who are playing a game of marbles. In the middle ground, a soldier of Slavic ethnicity conversing with a young woman. On the left, a Polish woman with her donkey and small dog.

Interior view of the Roman amphitheatre of Pula. Due to an epidemics among the livestock of the region, the consumption of lamb and mutton has been forbidden. Shepherds of Slavic ethnicity have sought refuge within the amphitheatre, with their herds. A monk of the order of Saint Anthony, patron of animals according to several traditions, is giving his blessing and sprinkling the sheep with holy water; this terrifies the flock and causes the dogs to bark at the monk. On the right, some weapons, which Slav inhabitants of the area always carry with them, according to the author.

Ottoman cavalry during the Siege of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Ethnic groups, Greece, Horses, Music, Musical instruments, Ottomans, Rhodes, Riders, Siege of Rhodes (1480), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Weapons

Ethiopian man and priest at Jerusalem.

Tags: Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethiops, Ethnic groups, Holy Land, Human types, Israel, Judaea, Palestine, Priests

Greek Orthodox inhabitants of Jerusalem. An Orthodox priest.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Greeks, Holy Land, Human types, Israel, Judaea, Monks, Palestine, Priests

Jewish inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Holy Land, Human types, Israel, Jews, Judaea, Palestine, Weapons

Arab inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Tags: Arabs, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Holy Land, Human types, Israel, Judaea, Palestine, Weapons, Women

Man and woman from Epirus.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Epirotes, Epirus, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Shoes and footwear, Weapons, Women

Woman from Dalmatia. Woman with infant.

Tags: Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dalmatia, Dalmatians, Ethnic groups, Human types, Shoes and footwear, Women

Galley slave (galeotto). Free man working on the galleys (scappolo).

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Galleys, Human types, Italy, Sailors, Shoes and footwear, Slaves, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venice

Man and woman from Dalmatia.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Dalmatia, Dalmatians, Ethnic groups, Human types, Shoes and footwear, Women

Croatian nobleman. Croatian of lower class.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Croatians, Ethnic groups, Human types, Shoes and footwear, Weapons

View of the Propylaea of the Acropolis from the Temple of Athena Nike.

Tags: Africans, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Musicians, Ottomans, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Smoking

View of the Choregic Monument of Thrasyllus (Church of Panagia Spiliotissa). Mount Hymettus in the background; at its feet the church of Agios Georgios Alexandrinos. The domed building on the right is the church of Agia Paraskevi, and between the church and the rock stands the metochion of Agioi Asomatoi monastery. The people gathered are waiting for the priest who is going to perform the service at Panagia Spiliotissa.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Choregic monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Hagia Paraskevi (South Slope of Acropolis), Hagios Georgios of Alexandria, Metochion of Hagioi Asomatoi Monastery, Women

View of the Erechtheion. Workmen excavating to reveal the base of the prostasis underneath the Caryatids. Ottoman official Dizdar Aǧa is leaning on his son-in-law's shoulder while two other Ottomans are supervising the excavations in order to keep him informed and to ensure that the British are not carrying away the archaeological findings. On the foreground a man, probably James Stuart, drawing the monument.

The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens, with the Acropolis in the background.
Seikh Mustafa, chief of the order of Whirling Dervishes, who used the monument as their tekije (dervish lodge), is standing at the entrance of the monument, leaning on a staff, with his back turned.
In the foreground, a woman from an affluent family is promenading with her daughters and maidservant.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervishes, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens), Horses, Human types, Ottomans, Priests, Women

South view of the Temple of Artemis Agrotera in Agrae (Panagia stin Petra) in Athens. The figures represent the Vaiwode, or Turkish Governor of Athens, with some of its attendants on a hunting party.

General view of Athens from Hadrian's Aqueduct (Dexameni) in Athens.

Tags: Animals, Aqueduct of Hadrian /Dexameni (Athens), Archers, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Horses, Ottoman officials, Ottomans

The Plains of Olympia.

Tags: Ancient Olympia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Elis, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Ottomans, Peloponnese, Tents, Views

Greek priests.

Tags: Animals, Children, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Priests, Religious practices, Women

Turkish horsemen.

Tags: Animals, Epirus, Ethnic groups, Greece, Horses, Ottomans, Preveza, Riders, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Greek priests.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Priests, Religious practices, Thessaly

Mosque close to Livadeia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boeotia, Cemeteries, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Livadeia, Mosques, Ottomans, Religious practices, Women

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