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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

Fish of Danube river.

Tags: Danube river, Fish, Natural environment, Rivers

Whirlpool at Danube river.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Churches, Danube river, Houses, Human types, Natural environment, Natural phenomena, Rivers

Suleiman bridge over Drava river in Osijek, Croatia. Skopje aqueduct near Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Bridges, Byzantine monuments, Croatia, Drava river, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Human types, Natural environment, Osijek, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Rivers, Roman monuments, Skopje, Skopje aqueduct, Suleiman bridge (Most Sulejmana I.)

The fortress of Kilyos in the region of the same name, at the junction of the Bosporus with the Black Sea.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Castle of Kilyos (Istanbul), Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kilyos, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Cave of volcanic minerals near Anadolu Kavaği, where the Bosporus joins the Black Sea.

Tags: Anadolu Kavağı / Kavakia, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Volcanic minerals discovered in Istanbul, around the area of the mythic Symplegades or Clashing Rocks: 1) The western side of Yum Burnu promontory, on the norheastern shore of the Bosporus, at the junction with the Black Sea. 2. Agglomerate of volcanic minerals with porphyry veins from Kadiköy (anc. Chalcedon), discovered by the author at Buyuk Liman, on the norheastern shore of the Bosporus. 3) Porphyry from Kadiköy (anc. Chalcedon). 4) Basalt from Buyuk Liman, norheastern shore of the Bosporus. 5) The eastern side of the northeastern end of the Bosporus, at the junction with the Black Sea.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Black Sea, Bosporus, Buyük liman, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Mythology, Natural environment, Symplegades / Clashing Rocks / Cyanean Rocks, Thrace, Turkey, Volcanoes, Yum Burnu

View of the port of Delos. Rineia and Paros islands in the background.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Cyclades, Delos, Greece, Natural environment, Paros, Rineia / Rhenea, Views

Acrocorinth and the temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth.

Tags: Acrocorinth, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Castles and fortresses, Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, Houses, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Views

The temple of Apollo at ancient Corinth.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth), Views

Landscape at the Corinthian Gulf. In the distance, Mount Parnassus and Mount Helicon.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Corinthian gulf, Greece, Gulfs and bays, Mount Helicon, Mount Parnassus, Mountains, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Roman monuments, Views

Spring on Mount Penteli.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Attica, Central Greece, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Mount Penteli / Pentelikon, Mountains, Natural environment, Views

The remains of the portico of Philip V on Delos island. In the background, Rineia and Tinos islands.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Art and antiquities, Cyclades, Delos, Greece, Natural environment, Ports, Rineia / Rhenea, Stoa of Philip V (Delos), Tinos, Views

Landscape at Mount Penteli.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Mount Penteli / Pentelikon, Mountains, Natural environment, Views

The Acropolis of Athens seen from Pnyx hill.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Hymettus, Mountains, Natural environment, Parthenon, Pnyx, Views

Cotton plant. Mastic tree.

Tags: Cotton crops, Greece, Mastic / Pistachia lentiscus, Natural environment, Plants, Turkey

Palm tree.

Tags: Aegean islands, Greece, Natural environment, Palm trees, Plants

Mastic tree.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Mastic / Pistachia lentiscus, Natural environment, Plants

Olive tree.

Tags: Greece, Natural environment, Olive trees, Plants

Banana tree and other vegetation in the gardens outside Tarsus, Cilicia.

Tags: Asia Minor, Banana trees, Cilicia, Natural environment, Plants, Tarsus, Turkey

Houses and gardens outside Tarsus in Cilicia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Cilicia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Natural environment, Tarsus, Turkey, Views

View of Tarsus in Cilicia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Cilicia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Tarsus, Turkey, Views

Landscape at Berdan river (ancient Cydnus) in Tarsus, Cilicia.

Tags: Asia Minor, Berdan river / Tarsus river / anc. Cydnus, Cilicia, Natural environment, Rivers, Tarsus, Turkey, Views, Waterfalls

The remaining part of the colonnade in Soloi of Cilicia (later Pompeiopolis), seen from the theatre. The columns framed the way leading from the city to the port.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Cilicia, Natural environment, Soloi of Cilicia / mod. Mezitli, Turkey, Views

View of the Ancient Theatre and the colonnade in Soloi of Cilicia (later Pompeiopolis).

Tags: Ancient theatre of Soloi, Ancient theatres, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Cilicia, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Soloi of Cilicia / mod. Mezitli, Turkey, Views

The remaining part of the colonnade in Soloi of Cilicia (later Pompeiopolis), seen from the theatre. The columns framed the street leading from the city to the port.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Cilicia, Human types, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Soloi of Cilicia / mod. Mezitli, Turkey, Views

The remaining part of the colonnade in Soloi of Cilicia (later Pompeiopolis), seen from the theatre. The columns framed the street leading from the city to the port.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Camels, Cilicia, Human types, Natural environment, Pack animals, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Soloi of Cilicia / mod. Mezitli, Turkey, Views

Remains of an ancient temple at Elaeussa Sebaste, today Ayas, in Cilicia.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ayaş / anc. Elaeussa Sebaste, Cilicia, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Temple of Elaeussa Sebaste, Turkey

View of one of the ports of Elaeussa Sebaste (today Ayas) and the city fortress.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ayaş / anc. Elaeussa Sebaste, Castles and fortresses, Cilicia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Ports, Tents, Turkey, Views, Walls

Ancient monument in Ayas, Cilicia. Ancient ruins in the background.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ayaş / anc. Elaeussa Sebaste, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Pack animals, Turkey, Views

View of the two fortresses of Kiz Kalesi, the ancient city of Corycus, port of Seleucia. One of the fortresses was built on a promontory on the coast and the other on Kiz Kalesi (Cramvousa) island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Armenian monuments, Asia Minor, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Cilicia, Kiz Kalesi / byz. Corycus, Kız Kalesi fortress, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

Waterfall on Taurus mountains, near Alaca plateau.

Tags: Asia Minor, Erdemli, Natural environment, Turkey, Views, Waterfalls

Aqueduct on Taurus mountains, near Alaca plateau.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Erdemli, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Turkey, Views

Monument on Taurus mountains in Cilicia, on Alaca plateau, in the district of Erdemli.

Tags: Alaca plateau, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Erdemli, Mountains, Natural environment, Taurus mountains, Turkey, Views

Early Christian structures in ruins, in Madenşehri, Binbirkilisse area, Mount Karadag.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Binbirkilisse, Madenşehri, Mount Karadag, Mountains, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

View of Madenşehri, Binbirkilisse area, Mount Karadag.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Binbirkilisse, Human types, Madenşehri, Mount Karadag, Mountains, Natural environment, Tents, Turkey, Views

Early Christian ruins in Madenşehri, Binbirkilisse area, Mount Karadag.

Tags: Animal husbandry, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Binbirkilisse, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Goats, Human types, Madenşehri, Mount Karadag, Mountains, Natural environment, Shepherds, Turkey, Views

Early Christian ruins in Madenşehri, Binbirkilisse area, Mount Karadag.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Binbirkilisse, Churches, Funerary monuments, Madenşehri, Mount Karadag, Mountains, Natural environment, Sarcophagi, Turkey, Views

View of Konya.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Konya / Iconium, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

Ancient funerary monument in the area of Antioch of Pisidia. In the background, the town of Yalvaç.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Natural environment, Turkey, Views, Yalvaç / anc. Antioch of Pisidia

Ruins of an aqueduct in the area of Antioch of Pisidia, close to the town of Yalvaç.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Natural environment, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Turkey, Views, Yalvaç / anc. Antioch of Pisidia

View of the town, the lake and the lake islets of Egirdir from the town castle.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Eğirdir, Lake Eğirdir, Lakes, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

View of the lake and the city of Egirdir in Asia Minor.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Eğirdir, Lake Eğirdir, Lakes, Lighthouses, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

View of the ruins of an ancient building and the positions of the two theatres, in the remains of ancient Sagalassus.

Tags: Ağlasun / anc. Sagalassos, Ancient theatre of Sagalassos, Ancient theatres, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

View of the ruins of ancient Sagalassus.

Tags: Ağlasun / anc. Sagalassos, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Natural environment, Turkey, Views

View of a building on Mount Homa, Asia Minor.

Tags: Asia Minor, Çivril, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey

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