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Buildings, archaeological sites, and street scenes in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Palestine
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Lebanon Jerusalem Egypt Egypt--Cairo Tadmur (Syria) Jordan Syria--Damascus Syria Palestine |
| Description | About half of the photographs depict scenes in Egypt including the archaeological sites of Isnā, Philae, Ṣaqqārah, Karnak, Luxor, Thebes, Qirṭāsī, Dandara, Medinet Habu, Jīzah, and Gebel el Silsila. Photographs also show Alexandria and Cairo including numerous mosques (the Al Ahzar Mosque and ʻAmr ibn al-ʻĀṣ Mosque), the Coptic church of St. Barbara, tombs, fountains, and streets scenes. Also shown are a shadoof and women riding in a cart. Photographs of Lebanon include aerial views of Beirut, and images of the ruins of Baʻlabakk. In Jordan are shown the archaeological site of Gerasa, Mt. Nebo, and one image of Petra. Depicted in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip) are Ramleh, Lydda (Lod), Mt. Carmel, the Great Mosque in Gaza, and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The Dome of the Rock, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and other historic sites of Jerusalem are also portrayed. Images in Syria include many interiors of Damascus mansions, the Great Mosque (Jāmiʻ al-Umawī al-Kabīr), the citadel in Aleppo, ruins in Palymyra (Tadmur), el-Barah (al Bara), el-Kefr, and the Hauran. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Archaeological sites--Jordan--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Churches--Jerusalem--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Streets--Egypt--Cairo--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Archaeological sites--Egypt--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mosques--Jerusalem--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Churches--Egypt--Cairo--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Fountains--Egypt--Cairo--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mosques--Syria--Damascus--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Archaeological sites--Lebanon--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tadmur (Syria)--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Palestine--History--1799-1917. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Archaeological sites--Syria--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mosques--Egypt--Cairo--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tombs--Egypt--Cairo--1880-1900. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
