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Ottomans and slaves taken captive in the war.

Tags: Animals, Captives, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crows, Donkeys, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Ottomans, Slaves, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turkey

View of the Mosque and the Madrasa of Sultan Hasan in Cairo.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Children, Donkeys, Egypt, Houses, Human types, Mamluk architecture, Mamluk monuments, Mosque of Sultan Hasan, Mosques, Shops, Views, Women

North-west view of the Acropolis of Athens. In the background the Monument of Philopappus.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Donkeys, Greece, Human types, Monument of Philopappus, Walls, Walls of the Acropolis

Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Judaea, Pack animals, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Soldiers, Via Dolorosa (Jerusalem), Views, Weapons, Women

Wealthy Ottoman couple in a street market or bazaar in Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Shops, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Turkey, Women

The entrance of the Imperial armoury, at Tophane.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Houses, Human types, Imperial armoury / Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Tophane, Turkey, Views

View of the ancient theater of Syracuse, in Sicily.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Syracuse, Ancient theatres, Animals, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Donkeys, Greek colonies, Houses, Human types, Italy, Ruins, Sicily, Southern Italy, Syracuse, Theatres, Views

View of the Pyramids at Giza from the quarries of Gebel el-Ahmar, on the Mokattam hills.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Donkeys, Egypt, Egyptian monuments, Egyptian quarries, Giza necropolis, Human types, Mokattam, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Pyramids, Pyramids of Giza, Quarries of Gebel el Ahmar, Views

Pompey's Pillar, also known as Triumphal pillar of Diocletian, in Alexandria, Egypt.

Tags: Alexandria, Animals, Arabs, Art and antiquities, Carpets, Children, Columns / Pillars, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Donkeys, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Human types, Ottomans, Pompey's Pillar / Triumphal pillar of Diocletian, Social sphere and everyday life

View of Bunarbaşı, village, erroneously identified in the nineteenth-century with Troy.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Human types, Mysia, Natural environment, Ox carts, Oxen, Peasants, Professions, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

Warm source of Karamenderes (anc. Scamander) river near the village of Bunarbaşı. In the background the house of the Ottoman Aga, where the author stayed during his visit.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bunarbaşı / Pinarbasi, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Houses, Human types, Karamenderes /anc. Scamander, Mosques, Mysia, Natural environment, Rivers, Troad, Troy, Turkey, Views

The natural stone bridge of Jisr el Hajar (or Kfardebian Bridge) near Faqra (Lebanon).

Tags: Animals, Dogs, Donkeys, Faqra, Human types, Jisr el Hajar – Kfardebian Bridge, Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, Mountains, Natural environment, Rivers, Travel, Travellers

The Küçüksu fountain (or Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain) in the Sweet waters of Asia. In the background the Rumelian and Anatolian Castles.

View of the first Courtyard, known also as Court of the Janissaries or Parade Court. On the right Hagia Irene and the Imperial Mint. In the background the Gate of Salutation, leading to the Second Courtyard of the palace.

Dresses particular to Egypt: Copt. Bey of Egypt. Mentally ill Egyptian. Lieutenant of the Janissary corp. Egyptian woman. Dancers from Egypt. Woman of Arab ethnicity. Sergeant of the Janissary corp. Woman of Cairo riding a donkey in the "proper" Egyptian manner.

Tags: Animals, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Domestic tasks, Donkeys, Egypt, Human types, Janissaries, Musical instruments, Smoking, Women

View of an ancient monument, probably of the Kolossi Castle, at Limassol, Cyprus.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cyprus, Donkeys, Human types, Kolossi Castle (Limassol), Limassol, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life

The Temple of Rome and Augustus in Pula, Croatia.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Croatia, Donkeys, Houses, Human types, Inscriptions, Nobility, Pula / anc. Polai, Social sphere and everyday life, Temple of Rome and Augustus (Pula), 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.

View of Weltenburg straits, Germany.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bavaria, Boats and ships, Danube river, Donkeys, Germany, Human types, Medieval monuments, Rivers, Views, Weltenburg, Weltenburg Monastery, Weltenburg straits

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.

View of Mystras.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Children, Donkeys, Greece, Human types, Laconia, Mosques, Mystras, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Women

Carintena, Ancient Brenthe, on the Alpheus, Arcadia.

Tags: Alfeios river, Animals, Arcadia, Architecture and built environment, Brenthe (Arcadia), Carytaina, Donkeys, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Rivers, Views

Mountains of Lochri Ozolae, looking towards Naupactus.

Tags: Aetolia and Acarnania, Animals, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Donkeys, Greece, Human types, Mountains, Natural environment, Naupactia, Ozolian Locris, Views

The Gate of Athena Archegetis in the Roman Agora of Athens.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Donkeys, Greece, Human types, Modes of transport, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

View of Porto Rafti with the statue of Demetra, called “raftis” (tailor) by the locals.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Attica, Donkeys, Greece, Human types, Porto Rafti, Social sphere and everyday life

Γαϊδουράκι της Μάνης.

Tags: Animals, Donkeys, Greece, Mani, Natural environment, Peloponnese

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