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Archaeological sites and buildings in the Middle East
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Lebanon Libya--Tripoli Jerusalem Algeria--Algiers Egypt Algeria Tunisia--Tunis |
| Description | Most of photographs were taken by unidentified photographers except for three images (movie stills) of a water wheel, a man plowing, and a boat on the Nile by Fred Niblo and an aerial view of Jerusalem by Frank Mason Good. Most of other images depict sites in North Africa including Egypt (Philae, Abū Sunbul, Luxor, Cairo, and the pyramids at Jīzah); Algeria (Algiers, Oran, Phillipville, and Biskra); Tunis, Tunisia; and Tripoli, Libya. Also includes photographs of Lebanon including the ruins at Baʻlabakk, the Dog River bridge and an aerial view of Zaḥlah; Jerusalem; a tourist tent camp in Palestine; the Ciraǧan Palace and aerial views of İstanbul; and several museum objects including an Egyptian stele at the Louvre, an Assyrian winged figure at the British Museum and the Sarcophagus of Alexander the Great at the Imperial Ottoman Museum, İstanbul. Includes one photomechanical print of Beduoin men. |
| 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--Egypt--1860-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Archaeological sites--Lebanon--1860-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jerusalem--1860-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mosques--Libya--Tripoli--1860-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mosques--Tunisia--Tunis--1860-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mosques--Algeria--Algiers--1860-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Archaeological sites--Algeria--1860-1920. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
