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View of the Hellenistic Temple of Thoth in Dakka, Egypt.

Tags: Ad-Dakka, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Aswan / anc. Syene, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Egyptian gods / deities, Egyptian temples, Human types, Nubia, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Temple of Thoth (Dakka), Views

View of the Hellenistic Temple of Serapis in Meharakka, location between Amada and Wadi es-Sebua.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Birds, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Egyptian gods / deities, Egyptian temples, Human types, Meharrakka, Nubia, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Ruins, Serapis, Temple of Serapis (Meharakka), Views, Wadi es-Sebua

Quarries in Qertassi, near Aswan. The author claims to have discovered over sixty inscriptions in Greek at the location.

Tags: Aswan / anc. Syene, Egypt, Human types, Natural environment, Nubia, Pharaonic quarries, Qertassi, Quarries, Views

View of the Temple of Amada, in Egypt.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Egyptian temples, Human types, Nubia, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Ruins, Temple of Amada, Temple of Hathor and Nefertari (Abu Simbel )

Interior view of the Temple of Hathor and Nefertari, also known as the Small Temple, in Egypt.

Tags: Abu Simbel, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Egyptian temples, Hathor, Hieroglyphs, Human types, Interiors, Nefertari, Nubia, Pharaohs, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Temple of Hathor and Nefertari (Abu Simbel )

Front view of the Temple of Hathor and Nefertari, also known as the Small Temple, in Abu Simbel Egypt.

Tags: Abu Simbel, Art and antiquities, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Egyptian temples, Hieroglyphs, Human types, Nefertari, Nubia, Pharaohs, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Sculptures, Temple of Hathor and Nefertari (Abu Simbel )

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

The Nile river from Shellal, south of Aswan. This point is often called First Cataract, due to the high speed of the waters.

Tags: Aswan / anc. Syene, Birds, Egypt, Natural environment, Nile river, Rivers, Shellal, Storks, Waterfalls

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

Nile fish.

Tags: Egypt, Fish, Natural environment, Nile river, Rivers

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

The Meidum or Maidum Pyramid, south of Cairo. Due to its unusual shape it is also called as False Pyramid.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Cairo, Egypt, Houses, Human types, Meidum Pyramid, Natural environment, Nile river, Pyramids, Rivers, 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

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

Title page. Scenes from the author's trip to the Mediterranean.

Im. 1: (1 (Α, B, C, D, E): Shrew bones found in the Ibis burials at Saqqara catacombs, Egypt. Im. 2: Bone of rat from same burial. Im. 3 A, B: Butterfly of the Belenois Aurota species, from the coast of Syria. Im. 4 A, B: Butterfly of the Colotis fausta species from the coast of Syria. Im. 5 A, B: Leaden tablet bearing inscription in Greek, from Beirut. Im. 6, 7: Amulets in cylindrical shape made of red jasper (6) and serpentine (7) bought by Olivier in Sanliurfa.

Tags: Animal burials / Ibis catacombs (Saqqara), Animals, Art and antiquities, Butterflies, Charms, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Funerary practices, Inscriptions, Lebanon, Natural environment, Rats, Şanlıurfa / Urfa / anc. Edessa -Antiochia Kallirrhoe -, Saqqara, Syria, Turkey

Shells of crustaceans discovered by Olivier in various places: Lake Mareotis in Egypt (1), Egypt (2), Orontes river (3), outskirts of Beirut (4A, 4B), outskirts of Alexandria (5a, 5b), outskirts of Sanliurfa, modern-day Turkey (8A, 8B), Alexandria (9A,9B), outskirts of Beirut (10A, 10B).

Tags: Alexandria, Animals, Beirut, Egypt, Lebanon, Molluscs, Natural environment, Orontes river, Şanlıurfa / Urfa / anc. Edessa -Antiochia Kallirrhoe -, Syria, Turkey

Im. 2: River crab from Egypt and Syria. River crab of the species Potamon potamios, from Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia.

Tags: Animals, Crabs, Egypt, Natural environment, Syria

Lizards from Egypt and Mesopotamia. 1: Bridled skink from Egypt (trachylepis vittata/ scincus vittatus). 2: Agama of the species Trapellus agilis or Agama agilis, outskirts of Baghdad. 3: Agama of the species Trapelus ruderatus / Agama ruderata, outskirts of Baghdad.

Tags: Animals, Baghdad, Bridled skink / Bridled Mabuya / Trachylepis vittata – Scincus vittatus, Egypt, Irak, Lizards and skinks, Reptiles (Trapellus agilis - Agama agilis), Reptiles (Trapelus ruderatus - Agama ruderata)

Woman from Cairo and woman from Aleppo, both in formal dress.

Tags: Aleppo, Beauty care, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Women

Dance on the west bank of the Nile. On the foreground, two French travellers. The governors of the small vessels are smoking and drinking coffee while sitting on the ground, as are doing two dervishes and their servants farther away. According to Olivier's description, the scene depicts Egyptians dancing a war dance and a more sensual dance.

Map of Alexandria coastline, from Marabou to Abu Qir.

Tags: Abu Qir / anc. Canopus, Alexandria, Egypt, Maps

Map of Lower Egypt.

Tags: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Maps

Bronze lamp from Thessaloniki (Α). Bronze lamp from Aleppo (Β). Mirror's frame (C). Decorative mask from Aleppo (D). Ring from Aleppo (Ε). Statue from Aleppo (F). Signet from Beirut (G). Clay head of the Hellenistic deity Harpocrates from Egypt (Η). Charm from Egypt (Ι). Several charms from Egypt.

Tags: Aleppo, Art and antiquities, Charms, Egypt, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Harpocrates, Jewellery, Macedonia, Mirrors, Oil lamps, Rings, Sculptures, Stamps and signets, Syria, Thessaloniki

Foot of bronze statue from Myconos island, which John Montagu Sandwich brought to Great Britain. (Α). Foot of colossal marble statue discovered by R. Pococke in Asia Minor (Β). Bronze statue bought by R. Pococke at the bazaar of Aleppo in Syria (C). Lamp from Qift (anc. Coptus) in Egypt (D).

Tags: Aegean islands, Aleppo, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Cyclades, Egypt, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Myconos, Oil lamps, Qift / anc. Coptos / Justinianopolis, Sculptures, Syria

Egyptian statue in the collection of the Duke of Richmond.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coats of arms – Emblems, Egypt, Sculptures

4. Plant of genus Colutea. 5. Plant of genus Lunaria. 6. Plant of genus Senecium, perhaps Senecium Aegyptium. 7. Plant of genus Astragalus, probably Astragalus lusitanicus orientalis.

Tags: Egypt, Natural environment, Plants

1. Plant of genus Abutilum. 2. Plant of genus Capsicum. 3. Plant of genus Sisyrinchium.

Tags: Abutilum, Egypt, Natural environment, Pepper plants (Capsicum), Plants, Sisyrinchium

Hyphaene thebaica (Doum Palm).

Tags: Egypt, Hyphaene thebaica / Doum Palm, Natural environment, Plants

Branch and fruits of Hyphaene thebaica (Doum Palm).

Tags: Egypt, Hyphaene thebaica / Doum Palm, Natural environment, Plants

Roman inscriptions from Elephantine island.

Tags: Aswan / anc. Syene, Egypt, Elephantine island, Inscriptions, Roman inscriptions

Inscriptions of Roman era: ΙV. Inscription from temple in Akhmin (anc. Panopolis). V. Inscription from Qus (anc. Apollonopolis Parva).

Tags: Akhmin / anc. Panopolis, Egypt, Inscriptions, Qus / anc. Apollonopolis Parva, Roman inscriptions

Roman inscriptions: Ι. Inscription on granite pillar in the old port of Alexandria. ΙΙ. Inscription on marble. ΙΙΙ. Inscription on pylon from a temple in Qaw el-Kebir (anc. Antaiopolis).

Tags: Alexandria, Egypt, Inscriptions, Qaw el-Kebir /anc. Antaiopolis, Roman inscriptions

Furnaces for making Sal-Armoniac. Plans of Ovens to hatch chickens. A Plan of a Coptic Church and Convent.

Tags: Coats of arms – Emblems, Coptic monasteries, Egypt, Furnace, Hatcheries, Plans and drawings

Sacred ibis mummies from the necropolis of Saqqara. A: Vase containing the embalmed bird. B, C: Vase after the removal of the seal. D, E, F: Views of the mummy as the shroud is gradually removed. G: Bones and remains of the bird's plumage. Catfish (Bagridae). Fish from lake Moeris.

Tags: African sacred Ibis / Threskiornis aethiopicus, Art and antiquities, Catfish (Bagridae), Coats of arms – Emblems, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Fish, Mummies, Natural environment, Necropolis of Saqqara, Saqqara

Egyptian cornices and entablatures from temples in Amara (Denderah), Philae and Elephantine islands, eastern Karnak, Aswan, Qift (anc. Coptos), Luxor (anc. Thebes), Qaw el-Kebir (anc. Antaiopolis), Esna, and the labyrinth close to Faiyum (anc. Crocodilopolis -Arsinoe – Ptolemais Euergetis).

Tags: Amilkia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Denderah / anc. Tendyra, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Esna / anc. Latopolis, Fayum / anc. Crocodilopolis -Arsinoe – Ptolemais Euergetis, Philae, Qaw el-Kebir /anc. Antaiopolis, Thebes / Luxor

Egyptian capitals from Luxor, Amara, the Temple of Ptolemy IV in Qaw el-Kebir (anc. Antaiopolis), Aswan, Esna and Philae island.

Tags: Amilkia, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Coats of arms – Emblems, Denderah / anc. Tendyra, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Esna / anc. Latopolis, Philae, Qaw el-Kebir /anc. Antaiopolis, Thebes / Luxor

Egyptian pillars from Karkan, Esna, Baalbeit el-Hagar (anc. Busiris), and other locations.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baalbeit el-Hagar /anc. Busiris, Coats of arms – Emblems, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Esna / anc. Latopolis, Karnak, Thebes / Luxor

Egyptian pillars from Upper Egypt (Karnak, Luxor etc.)

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Esna / anc. Latopolis, Karnak, Thebes / Luxor

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