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Rock of Meribah on Mount Choreb; according to tradition, this was the rock out of which issued water when it was struck by Moses.

Tags: Bible, Egypt, Human types, Mount Choreb, Mountains, Natural environment, Priests, Religious practices, Rock of Moses (Mount Sinai), Sinai

Mount Moses (Mount Sinai), where according to tradition God gave Moses the Ten Commandments.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bible, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Human types, Mount Choreb, Mount Moses (Gabal Musa), Mountains, Religious practices, Sinai

The tomb of Saint Catherine at the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Frescoes, Human types, Monasteries, Mount Sinai, Mountains, Prayer, Priests, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai), Sinai

Chapel of the Burning Bush of Moses at the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Burning Bush of Moses (Mount Sinai), Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Monasteries, Mount Sinai, Mountains, Prayer, Priests, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai), Sinai

View of the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monumens, Egypt, Monasteries, Mountains, Pigrimages, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai), Sinai, Όρος Σινά

Landscape at Feiran valley, Sinai peninsula.

Tags: Animals, Camels, Caravans, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Feiran valley (Wadi Feiran), Human types, Natural environment, Sinai, Travel

View of Suez, Egypt.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Camels, Caravans, Castles and fortresses, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Red Sea, Social sphere and everyday life, Suez, Tents, Travel, Views

Caravan leaving Cairo.

Tags: Animals, Baskets, Cairo, Camels, Caravans, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel

Map showing the author's journey from Cairo to Beirut.

Tags: Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Maps, Sinai, Travel

The Pyramid of Chephren and the Sphinx at Giza.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Camels, Egypt, Giza, Human types, Pyramid of Khafre or Chephren (Giza), Pyramids, Pyramids of Egypt, Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx (Egypt)

Interior of harem, Cairo.

Tags: Cairo, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Harem, Healthcare, Human types, Interiors, Jewellery, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Fountain at the inner court of Sultan Hasan mosque in Cairo.

Tags: Arab monuments, Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Mamluk architecture, Mamluk monuments, Mosque of Sultan Hasan, Mosques, Prayer, Religious practices

Entrance to the bazaar of Cairo.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Khan el-Khalili bazaar (Cairo), Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars

Streetlet near Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo.

Tags: Al-Azhar Mosque, Animals, Arab monuments, Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Fatimid architecture, Fatimid monuments, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life

Enigmatic inscription from a bust of Isis. In the late 18th century the inscription became the cause of controversy among British scholars. Several academics believed that it was an Egyptian bust with Chinese ideograms, produced in the context of Chinese-Egyptian commercial relations, while others considered the item a forgery.

Tags: Alphabets, Ancient gods / deities, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Ideograms, Isis, Sculptures

Statuette from Egypt.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Egypt, Sculptures

Imaginary depiction of the royal palaces of Alexandria, supposedly built by Alexander the Great.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Palaces, Romans, Views

Representation related to the climate of the Mediterranean countries (Middle East, Greece and Egypt) which, according to the author, contributed to the development of Greek civilization.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Deserts, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Pyramids, Weapons

34. Fish of Egypt. 35. Orthodox priest wearing Easter vestments. 36. Decoration of the staff of an Orthodox priest. 31. The Church of the Virgin of the Apparition on Mount Horeb. 32. Water pump at water mill near Mount Sinai. 33 Azyme (unfermented) bread.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Apparition of the Virgin (Mount Horeb), Egypt, Fish, Mount Horeb, Mount Sinai, Natural environment, Pigrimages, Priests, Religious practices, Vestments (liturgical garments), Water mills

33. View of Mount Sinai with the Monastery of Saint Catherine (in the background, on the right). In the centre, Mount Moses. In the foreground, a monastery near Mount Sinai, styled by the author “The Monastery of the Burning Bush”.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Egypt, Monasteries, Mount Horeb, Mount Moses (Gabal Musa), Mount Sinai, Mountains, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai)

24. Mount Horeb. 25. Monastery near Mount Moses, Egypt, which the author calls “Monastery of the Burning Bush”. 26. View of the Sphinx at Giza necropolis, Cairo. 28. Church near Cairo. 29. The Pyramids of Giza. Graves in Ottoman cemetery of Cairo. 31. The rock of Meribah on Mount Choreb. 32. Mount Sinai with the monastery of Saint Catherine and Mount Moses.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Churches, Egypt, Monasteries, Mount Choreb, Mount Moses (Gabal Musa), Mount Sinai, Mountains, Necropolis of Giza, Pilgrimages, Pyramids of Giza, Religious practices, Rock of Meribah, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai), Sphinx (Egypt)

18. Map of Alexandria. 19. Turban of a mufti. 20, 21. Drawing on the movement of the planets, accompanying the author's analysis of Galilee's theory.

Tags: Alexandria, Astronomy, Egypt, Galilee, Maps, Muftis, Priests, Religious practices, Science, Social sphere and everyday life

Preparation of wine at Rosetta, Egypt.

Tags: Arabs, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Egypt, Ethnic groups, French, Fruit, Professions, Rashid / anc. Rosetta, Social sphere and everyday life, Viticulture

View of the catacombs of Alexandria.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Castles and fortresses, Catacombs, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, French, Funerary monuments, Human types

Ways in which captives are tortured in Egypt.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Camels, Captives, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Pyramids, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Torture

The Bey (Ottoman official) of Upper Egypt , enters in Cairo.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Equids, Horses, Mosques, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Ottoman officials, Processions, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

The author travelling in Egypt on a camel. In the foreground, Arab companions of the author give alimony to a man in need.

Tags: Animals, Arabs, Author portraits, Beggars, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, French, Human types, Jean de Thévenot, Ostrichs, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel

The Nilometer, square cistern with a marble column, used to measure the levels o the Nile in Egypt.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Houses, Human types, Nile river, Nilometer (Cairo), Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life

The author's travelling companions study a mummy at a pyramid of Memphis in Egypt.

Tags: Arabs, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, French, Human types, Memphis, Mummies, Ottomans, Pyramids, Turks

Frontispiece with themes related to the author's journey.

Tags: Animals, Baskets, Camels, Caravans, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Frontispieces, Human types, Maps, Travel, Turkey

Composition of Egyptian monuments seen by the author during his tour of Egypt, possibly inspired from Giza necropolis.

Tags: Animals, Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Equids, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Giza necropolis, Houses, Human types, Necropoleis, Pyramids, Pyramids of Giza, Travel

Composition of Egyptian monuments seen by the author during his tour of Egypt, possibly inspired from Giza necropolis.

Tags: Animals, Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Equids, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Giza necropolis, Houses, Human types, Necropoleis, Pyramids, Pyramids of Giza, Travel

Composition of Egyptian monuments seen by the author during his tour of Egypt, possibly inspired from Giza necropolis.

Tags: Animals, Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Equids, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Giza necropolis, Houses, Human types, Necropoleis, Pyramids, Pyramids of Giza, Travel

View of Alexandria, Egypt.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Dogs, Egypt, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Pillar of Pompey (Alexandria), Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Views

1. Mount Sinai as seen from the Red Sea. 2. The Rock of Meribah out of which issued water when smitten by the rod of Moses. 3, 4 Summits of Mount Sinai (Mount Moses and Mount Horeb). 5. Mount Horeb. 6. Mount Carmel.

Tags: Egypt, Holy Scripture, Israel, Mount Carmel, Mount Sinai, Mount Tabor, Mountains, Natural environment, Palestine, Religious practices, Rock of Meribah

Egyptian mummy. The Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Giza, Giza necropolis, Pharaonic architecture, Pharaonic monuments, Pyramid of Cheops (Giza), Pyramid of Khafre or Chephren (Giza), Pyramids, Sphinx (Egypt), Sphinxes

Map of Egypt.

Tags: Egypt, Maps, Nile river, Rivers

Outline of the coasts of modern-day Israel and Egypt as seen from the sea.

Tags: Acre, Egypt, Israel, Maps, Palestine, Rashid / anc. Rosetta, Yaffa / anc. Ioppe

Nautical chart of the port of Alexandria.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Houses, Lighthouses, Maps, Mosques, Obelisk of Cleopatra (Alexandria), Ports

Nautical chart of the southern coast of Turkey, Cyprus and the coasts of Syria, Palestine and Egypt.

Tags: Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Maps, Palestine, Syria, Turkey

Nautical chart of the Mediterranean sea.

Tags: Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Maps, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Turkey

Egypt as described in the second book of Herodotus.

Tags: Ancient Greek historians, Egypt, Herodotus, History, Maps, Nile river, Pyramids, Rivers

Map of the Eastern Mediterrranean showing the places mentioned in the Old and New Testament.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bible, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Maps, New Testament, Old Testament, Palestine, Religious practices, Syria, Turkey

Map of the area around Carthage, as described in “De Bello Africo”, an anonymous work frequently attributed to Julius Caesar. Map of Egypt, based on the description contained in "De Bello Alexandrino", an anonymous work frequently attributed to Julius Caesar.

Tags: Carthage, Egypt, History, Julius Caesar, Maps, Roman emperors, Roman empire, Tunisia

Animals seen by the author during his journey to the Holy Land.

Tags: Animals, Camels, Crocodiles, Egypt, Giraffes, Holy Land, Israel, Natural environment, Palestine, Salamanders

Muslim religious teacher (marabout) from Damietta, Egypt.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Damietta, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Human types, Muslims, Religious practices, Religious teachers, Social sphere and everyday life

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