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1. Roman inscription from Baalbeck (anc. Heliopolis). 2. Roman inscription from Souk El Gharb.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Baalbek / anc. Heliopolis, Inscriptions, Lebanon, Roman inscriptions, Souk El Gharb

Roman inscriptions from Faqra (Lebanon).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Faqra, Inscriptions, Lebanon, Roman inscriptions

View of the Roman temples at Baalbeck (anc. Heliopolis).

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Baalbek / anc. Heliopolis, Funerary monuments, Lebanon, Mausoleums, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sarcophagi

Ruins of Roman temples in Faqra (Lebanon).

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Faqra, Human types, Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, Mountains, Ruins

Sarcophagus, perhaps of the Roman era, in Deir al Kalaa, near Beirut.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Beirut, Deir al Kalaa, Funerary monuments, Lebanon, Natural environment, Roman monuments, Sarcophagi

View of the Zubaida aqueduct in Beirut.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Beirut, Lebanon, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Zubaida aqueduct

Plan of the site where the statue of Astarte stood at the Temple of Astarte in Deir al Kalaa, near Beirut.

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Beirut, Deir al Kalaa, Lebanon, Roman monuments, Ruins, Temple of Astarte (Beirut)

Plan of the Temple of Apollo in Thymbra, ancient city close to Troy, on the outskirts of Hisarlik.

Tags: Ancient temples, Apollo Thymbraios, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Plans and drawings, Temple of Apollo (Thymbra), Thymbra, Troad, Turkey

Inscriptions in Greek from the Troad.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Troad, Turkey

Inscription from the tomb of Sir Edward Barton, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Porte, in the late 16th century. The author argues that this inscription is found at the Monastery of Hagia Triada on Heybeliada (Halki).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Funerary steles, Hagia Triada (Heybeliada/Chalki), Heybeliada / gr. Chalki, History, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Latin alphabet, Monasteries, Prince islands (Prens Adaları), Turkey

View of the front of the roman tomb of Zakynthos, erroneously thought to be the Tomb of Cicero. Vases from the monument.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Greece, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Islands, Latin alphabet, Roman monuments, Tomb of Cicero (Zakynthos), Zakynthos

1. Ancient marble panel with inscription from the Temple of Artemis. After the Temple was demolished, this panel served as the altar stone at the church of Agios Dimitrios in Melinado, Zakynthos, which is today in ruins. 2. Ancient coins of Zakynthos and Cythera.

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Church of Hagios Dimitrios (Melinado), Churches, Coins, Cythera, Greece, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Islands, Melinado, Ruins, Temple of Artemis (Zakynthos), Zakynthos

Stele from Pali, ancient city in Paliki peninsula, near Lixouri, Cephalonia.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Cephalonia, Greece, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Ionian islands, Lixouri, Paliki peninsula (Cephalonia), Roman monuments, Steles, Votive steles, Wrestling

Roman sarcophagus at Vathy, Preveza.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Epirus, Greece, Greek alphabet, Inscriptions, Ionian sea, Preveza, Roman monuments, Roman sarcophagi, Sarcophagi, Vathy (Preveza)

Coins and inscription from Corfu.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins, Corfu, Greece, Inscriptions, Ionian islands

Roman coins of Corfu.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Islands, Roman coins

Roman coins of Corfu.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Islands, Roman coins

Ancient coins of Corfu.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Coins, Corfu, Greece, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Islands, Ottomans, Women

Ancient coins of Corfu.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Ionian sea, Islands

The Column of Theodosius at Beyazit square (Forum of Theodosius).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Bayezid II / (ΙΙ. Beyazıd), Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Forum of Theodosius / Beyazıt Meydanı, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Ottomans, Thrace

Interior view of Hagia Sophia from women's gallery.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottomans, Thrace, Turkey

The Column of Marcian in Fatih.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Column of Marcian (Kıztaşı), Costume - Hats and headwear, Fatih, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Roman monuments, Turkey

The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the foreground the Obelisk of Theodosius I and the Serpent column. In the background Hagia Sophia and the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I.

The Anatolian and Rumelian Castles, on the Asiatic and European shores of the Bosporus accordingly.

Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottomans, Rumeli Hissar Castle (Rumeli Hisarı), Turkey, Views

Landscape in Mycenae. On the left the Acropolis of Mycenae and the Lions Gate.

Tags: Animals, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Cyclopean walls, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Lion Gate (Mycenae), Mountains, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Peloponnese, Views

Mount Taygetus from the ancient theater of Sparta.

Tags: Ancient theatre of Sparta, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Greece, Human types, Laconia, Mount Taygetus, Mountains, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Sparta, Theatres, Views

View of Plataea.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boeotia, Central Greece, Greeks, Human types, Mount Cithaeron, Mountains, Plataea / Plataies, Sarcophagi, Views

The ruins of the Acropolis of Panopeus and the valley of Chaeronea.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Panopeus, Art and antiquities, Boeotia, Central Greece, Chaeronea, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Natural environment, Women

The ruins of the Oracle of Trophonius in Livadeia, and the Catalan castle.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boeotia, Castles and fortresses, Catalan castle (Livadeia), Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Herkyna river (Livadeia), Human types, Livadeia, Oracle of Trophonius (Livadeia), Oracles, Ruins, Washing and laundering, Women

The Temple of Zeus in Nemea.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Art and antiquities, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Nemea, Peloponnese, Professions, Ruins, Shepherds, Temple of Zeus (Nemea)

View of Dekeleia, ancient city in Acharnes. In the background the Acropolis of Athens, the Saronic Gulf and the island of Aegina.

Tags: Acharnes, Acropolis of Athens, Aegina, Ancient temples, Argo-Saronic gulf, Art and antiquities, Attica, Central Greece, Dekeleia (Tatoi), Greece, Islands, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Natural environment, Parthenon, Views

The Temple of Poseidon in Sounio.

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Sounion, Temple of Poseidon (Sounio), Tufeks (firearm), Weapons

The Temple of Apollo in ancient Corinth.

Tags: Ancient Corinth, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greeks, Houses, Human types, Peloponnese, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Turks

Landscape on Aegina island. In the background Palaiochora.

Tags: Aegina, Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Children, Greece, Houses, Human types, Huts, Islands, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Natural environment, Palaiochora (Aegina), Spinning, Threshing floor, Views, Women

Landscape on Aegina island. In the background the Temple of Aphaia.

Tags: Aegina, Ancient temples, Argo-Saronic gulf, Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Doric order, Greece, Gulfs and bays, Islands, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Natural environment, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina)

The Temple of Aphaia on Aegina island.

Tags: Aegina, Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Doric order, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Islands, Islands of the Argo-saronic gulf, Natural environment, Ruins, Temple of Aphaia (Aegina)

The Mağlova aqueduct at the Belgrad Forest, on the European shores of Bosporus.

Tags: Aqueduct of Mağlova, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman inscriptions, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Sarıyer, Smoking, Thrace, Turkey

Aqueduct at Belgrad Forest, on the European shores of Bosporus. A. I. Melling is most probably depicting here one of the three aqueducts found at Belgrad Forset (the Kırkçeşme aqueduct, the Uzunkemer aqueduct or the Aqueduct of Mağlova).

Tags: Aqueduct of Mağlova, Aqueducts, Art and antiquities, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Kırkçeşme aqueduct, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Sarıyer, Smoking, Thrace, Turkey, Uzunkemer aqueduct

Egyptian statue in the collection of the Duke of Richmond.

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

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

Statue of Harpocrates (Hellenistic deity) that belonged to the collection of doctor Richard Mead. Hellenistic signets. Ancient Weaving weights (A, B, C).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Harpocrates, Sculptures, Stamps and signets, Weaving weights

Statue that Richard Pococke bought in Qift (anc. Coptos) and carried away to Great Britain.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Egypt, Lares, Qift / anc. Coptos / Justinianopolis, Sculptures

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