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Lycian tomb with relief of chariot drawn by winged horses.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Charles Fellows, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Lycia, Lycian sarcophagi, Lycian tombs, Natural environment, Reliefs, Rivers, Turkey, Xanthus

Landscape at Xanthus.

Tags: Asia Minor, Lycia, Natural environment, Rivers, Turkey, Xanthus, Xanthus river

Egypt as described in the second book of Herodotus.

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

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

View of Larissa.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bovids, Bridges, Camels, Greece, Houses, Human types, Larissa, Mosques, Pineios river, Rivers, Tents, Thessaly, Views

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.)

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

Landscape at the area of Pinarbasi, Denizli.

Tags: Asia Minor, Natural environment, Pınarbaşı, Rivers, Turkey, Views

Landscape at the area of Pinarbasi, Denizli.

Tags: Asia Minor, Natural environment, Pınarbaşı, Rivers, Turkey, Views

View of the ruins of ancient Priene, with the sites of the ancient monuments and the modern settlement.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Güllübahçe Turun, Natural environment, Priene, Rivers, Turkey, Views

The gorge of Lycus river (today Çürüksu). According to Herodotus, here the river disappears underground to resurface again furher away. Following Herodotus' text Laborde discovered this location near ancient Colossae and the Greek village of Chonae.

Tags: Asia Minor, Caves, Costume - Hats and headwear, Çürüksu (anc. Lycus) river, Gorges, Honaz /gr. Chonai / anc. Colossae, Human types, Natural environment, Rivers, Turkey, Views

View of the rock-cut monument known as “small Yazılıkaya” in Doganli valley (today Yazılıkaya) near Eski Sehir. This ancient site is also called Midas City due to its plethora of Phrygian monuments, and forms part of the Phrygian valley.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Human types, Midas valley (Midas Şehri), Natural environment, Pack animals, Phrygian monuments, Phrygian valley (Frig vadisi), Rivers, Turkey, Yazılıkaya

One of the Roman bridges over Penkalas river in Çavdarhisar.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Bridges, Çavdarhisar / anc. Aizanoi, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Natural environment, Penkalas (Kocaçay) river, Penkalas bridges, Phrygia, Rivers, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Temple of Zeus (Aizanoi), Turkey

One of the Roman bridges over Penkalas river in Çavdarhisar.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Bridges, Çavdarhisar / anc. Aizanoi, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Penkalas (Kocaçay) river, Penkalas bridges, Phrygia, Rivers, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Temple of Zeus (Aizanoi), Turkey

Landscape at Gallus river (today Kara Su), on the ouskirts of the town of Vezirhan.

Tags: Asia Minor, Karasu (anc. Gallus) river, Natural environment, Rivers, Turkey, Vezirhan, Views

Elevation, sections, details and plan of the bridge of Justinian or Sangarius Bridge. The bridge is situated on Sangarius (Sakarya) river, near Sabanca lake, on the outskirts of Adapazari, on the route from Iznik to Izmit. Today the bed of Sangarius lies to the east of the bridge, which only covers the smaller tributary Sark Deresi river (anc. Melas). Amogn the drawings, the now-lost triumphal arch at the western end of the bridge.

Tags: Adapazarı, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bridges, Byzantine monuments, Çark Deresi (anc. Melas) river, Rivers, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Sakarya (Sangarius) river, Sangarius Bridge / Bridge of Justinian (Justinianos Köprüsü / Beşköprü), Triumphal arch of Justinian's bridge, Triumphal arches, Turkey

View of the bridge of Justinian or Sangarius Bridge. The bridge is situated on Sangarius (Sakarya) river, near Sabanca lake, outside Adapazari, on the route from Iznik to Izmit. Today the bed of Sangarius lies to the east of the bridge, which only covers the smaller tributary Sark Deresi river (anc. Melas). On the foreground, the now-lost triumphal arch at the western end of the bridge.

View of the city of Niš (Naissus), birthplace of Constantine the Great.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bridges, Byzantine emperors, Constantine the Great, Houses, Niš / Naissus, Nišava river, Rivers, Serbia, Towers, Views

View of the northern part of the Vale of Tempi.

Tags: Greece, Macedonia, Natural environment, Pineios river, Rivers, Tempi, Vale of Tempi

Inscription etched on the rock at the Vale of Tempi, first century BCE: “L. CASSIUS LONGINUS PROCONS TEMPE MUNIVIT” that is, proconsul L. Cassius Longinus built a road or fortifications at Tempi. The rock bearing the inscription was destroyed during the construction of the national highway in 1959.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Greece, Human types, Inscriptions, Natural environment, Pineios river, Rivers, Roman inscriptions, Tempi, Thessaly, Travel, Vale of Tempi

Landscape near the ancient site of Gonnoi, at the western end of the Vale of Tempi. Due to its strong fortress, the location was also called Kondylos or Gonnokondylos.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Castles and fortresses, Gonnoi, Greece, Human types, Kondylos / Gonnokondylos, Natural environment, Pineios river, Rivers, Tempi, Thessaly, Vale of Tempi

Landscape at the Vale of Tempi,Thessaly.

Tags: Children, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Pineios river, Rivers, Tempi, Thessaly, Vale of Tempi

The thermal springs of Thermopylae, at the outfall of Spercheios river into the Malian gulf.

Tags: Central Greece, Fountains / Springs, Greece, Gulfs and bays, Human types, Maliac gulf, Natural environment, Phthiotis, Rivers, Spercheios river, Thermal springs, Thermopylae

Stone bridge over Spercheios river, in Central Greece.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bridges, Central Greece, Equids, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Phthiotis, Rivers, Spercheios river, Travel

View of the temple of Olympian Zeus and Ilissus river.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Ilissus (Ilisos) river, Natural environment, Olympeion - Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), Rivers, Views

The site of the acropolis of Orchomenos in Boeotia, on Cephisus river, from the south. Arvanite women occupied in agricultural tasks.

Tags: Acropoleis, Agricultural tasks, Architecture and built environment, Arvanites, Bridges, Central Greece, Cephissus river, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Orchomenus, Rivers, Views, Women

Frontispiece to the fourth volume of the edition. Mamluk rider.

Tags: Animals, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Horses, Human types, Mamluks, Nile river, Portraits, Pyramids, Riders, Rivers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Landscape at the Vale of Tempi between Mount Olympus and Mount Kissavos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Greece, Houses, Human types, Mount Ossa / Kissavos, Mountains, Natural environment, Pineios river, Rivers, Tempi, Thessaly, Vale of Tempi

The valley of Ancient Olympia.

Tags: Alfeios river, Ancient Olympia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Rivers, Weapons

Chapter page. Bridge on Alfeios river.

Tags: Alfeios river, Architecture and built environment, Bridges, Elis, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Rivers, Title page

The course of Ladon river (tributary to Alfeios river), Arcadia.

Tags: Arcadia, Greece, Ladon river, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Rivers

Landscape at Carytaina. In the background, the town's Frankish castle. Following Pausanias, Stackelberg erroneously identifies the location as the site of ancient Trapezous, which was actually situated between the villages of Kyparissia and Mavria.

Tags: Alfeios river, Arcadia, Arcadian mountains, Architecture and built environment, Carytaina, Castle of Carytaina, Castles and fortresses, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, Mountains, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Rivers, Trapeza (Arcadia)

A stone bridge on Eurotas river.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bridges, Eurotas river, Greece, Human types, Laconia, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Rivers, Sparta

Plan of the course of Kaystrus or Küçük Menderes river, as seen from the putative prison of Saint Paul in Ephesus. Plan of the course of Meander river, close to Miletus, based on a drawing by Dr. Picrelin.

Tags: Asia Minor, Ephesus, Kaystrus / Küçük Menderes river, Maeander river, Maps, Natural environment, Rivers, Turkey

A fountain on Amrit river, south of Tartus in Syria.

Tags: Amrit / anc. Marathos, Amrit river, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Medieval monuments, Natural environment, Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Tartus / anc. Antarados

Woodchopping at Argeş River in Pireşti, Romania.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Argeş river, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Houses, Human types, Natural environment, Pitești, Rivers, Romania, Romanians, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

View of the oracle of Trophonius, the Catalan castle of Livadeia and the bridge of Herkyna river.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boeotia, Bridges, Castles and fortresses, Catalan castle (Livadeia), Central Greece, Greece, Herkyna river (Livadeia), Human types, Livadeia, Natural environment, Oracle of Trophonius (Livadeia), Oracles, Rivers, Views

Bridge over the Drachor, Monastir [Bitola].

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bitola / Manastir / gr. Monastiri, Bridges, Dragor river / anc. Hydragoras, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Natural environment, Rivers, Views

Berat.

Tags: Albania, Architecture and built environment, Berat, Bridges, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Rivers, Views

Bitola.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bitola / Manastir / gr. Monastiri, Bridges, Costume - Hats and headwear, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Human types, Mosques, Natural environment, Rivers, Views

The waterfalls of Edessa.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Edessa, Greece, Human types, Macedonia, Rivers, Views, Waterfalls

View of river Jordan at the place where Saint John the Baptist baptized Jesus.

Tags: Jordan river, Natural environment, Palestine, Religious practices, Rivers

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