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Turkey. Pasabag Valley with Fairy Chimneys (hoodoo). CappadoTurkey. Overview of Pasabag Valley (Monks Valley) with rock formations known as Fairy Chimneys (hoodoo). Cappadocia. Central Anatolia
Egypt. Saqqara. Djosers complex. Limestone walls with 14 false doors and main entrance. Third Millennium. Old Kingdom
Egypt. Saqqara. Djosers complex. The South House just east of the pyramid of Djoser. Is a symbolic building decorated with four fluted columns forty feet high, with niches for offerings. Old Kingdom
Egypt. Saqqara. Djosers complex. Temple of the three fluted columns or T Temple, located in the middle of the wall that delimits the large patio. Old Kingdom
Pyramid of Userkaf. At background, Djoser Pyramid. EgyptPyramid of Userkaf. At background, Djoser Pyramid. Old kingdom. Saqqara. Egypt
Pyramid of Teti. Saqqara. EgyptPyramid of Teti (2301-2291 BC). 6th Dynasty. Exterior. Saqqara. Egypt
Egypt. Oasis. Engraving by Brend Amour in 1882
Moses brings forth water from the rock. Book of Exodus. G. Dore engraving
Arab family. Colored engraving
Valley of the Artisans. Temple of Hathor and Maat. Outside vValley of the Artisans. Ruins of Set Maats settlement, home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th dynasties
Valley of the Artisans. Ruins of Set Maat. Tombs in the necrValley of the Artisans. Ruins of Set Maats settlement, home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th dynasties
The Valley of the Queens. EgyptThe Valley of the Queens where wives of Pharaohs were buried in ancient times. Thebes. Egypt
EGYPT. VALLEY OF THE KINGS In the rock walls are carved tEGYPT. VALLEY OF THE KINGS.. In the rock walls are carved the tombs of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom. Entrance to one of the hypogea tomb
Valley of the Kings. Entrance to the tomb of the Pharaoh AmeValley of the Kings. On the walls are carved rock tombs of New Kingdom pharaohs. Egypt
Valley of the Kings. Entrance to the tomb of the Pharaoh RamValley of the Kings. On the walls are carved rock tombs of New Kingdom pharaohs. Entrance to the tomb of the Pharaoh Ramses IV. Egypt
Valley of the Kings. EgyptEGYPT. VALLEY OF THE KINGS. Overview of the mountain chain that stretches behind Deir el-Bahari. In the rock walls are carved the tombs of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom. All of these are hypogea
Camel Caravan close to Valley of Tombs, Palmyra, SyriaCamel Caravan close to Palmyra, Homs Governate, Syria. Dating back to the Neolithic, Palmyra was first attested in the early second millennium BC as a caravan stop for travellers crossing the Syrian
Felicien David (Iln)FELICIEN DAVID French musician, at the time of his visit to London in the 1840s, when his symphonic ode Le desert was performed to great acclaim. Date: 1810 - 1876
North Africa Arab TentArab tent in the desert, with goats, camels and a horse. Date: 1843
S. Africans / Bardia / WwiiMembers of the Johannesburg regiment make camp after the fall of Bardia, where they had helped British and Indian forces defeat the Italians. Date: 1940
Cajun Pass AscendedTwo powerful engines are required to haul trains up to the summit of Cajun Pass, on the Santa Fe line : behind lies the Mohave Desert, ahead is welcoming California. Date: 1923
South African Ox-CartA South African native leads a wagon drawn by a pair of oxen along a desert road. Date: 1905
Pyramids at Mastab. Date: 1904
Egyptian Market / 1912A market on the edge of the desert. Date: 1912
Racial / Arabs / Camel 19CArab man racing across the desert on his camel Date: 19th century
Ship in Suez CanalA steamship passes through the Canal : the photo shows how the Canal is cut through the desert, involving the removal of vast quantities of sand. Date: circa 1890
Suez Construction 2The great work commences : great numbers of fellaheen (native Egyptians) are recruited to dig a pathway through the desert sands. Date: 1862
Eugenie CaricaturedThe empress Eugenie caricatured as a crane, rattling her tambourine in the desert Date: 1826 - 1920
Market at Desert EdgeA market at the edge of the desert in Egypt. Date: 1912
DESERT EXPRESS TRAINLibyas " Desert Express", jammed with soldiers, colonists and natives. The Gadames-Tripoli railway runs 350 miles through unbearable heat, unprotected from the sun Date: 1940s
We Gladstone / MicawberWILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister depicted as Mr Micawber: the Liberal Majority as Mrs Micawber will never desert him Date: 1809 - 1898
Egypt / Pyramids (Kelly)The Pyramids of Gizeh, seen from the desert Date: 1904
Moslems Pray in DesertEgyptian Moslems at prayer in the desert, with their prayer mats spread out on the sand Date: 1904
USA / Arizona Desert 1923The afterglow in the Arizona desert Date: 1923
Mojave MazeMystic maze of the native American Mojave people, laid out with stones on the desert floor near Needles, California Date: 1923
De Flygende Tallerkener, book coverDE FLYGENDE TALLERKENER (literally translated, The Flying Plates), by Niels Meyn, Norwegian science fiction involving flying saucers. Date: 1954
Music cover, Valse Mystique (Mystical Waltz), by Leon du Terrail, depicting the Egyptian Sphinx. 1919
Arabs and camel resting in the sand dunes, Algeria. Date: circa 1920
Camel caravan and dog in Algeria. Date: circa 1900
Camel smala or mobile headquarters, Southern Algeria. Date: circa 1910
General view of the ruins of Palmyra, SyriaGeneral view of the ruins of Palmyra, heritage site in Syria. Date: circa 1920
Mojave Desert near Barstow, California, USAMojave Desert near Barstow, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Date: circa 1920
Heads Up by J McGowan and P G SmithHeads Up by John McGowan and Paul Gerard Smith; lyrics Lorenz Hart; music Richard Rodgers. First produced in England at the Palace Theatre, 1st May 1930
Dad Lees Dirty Rose Hotel, Oreana, Nevada, USADad Lees Dirty Rose Hotel, Route 40, Oreana, Nevada, USA, showing the legendary Dad Lee Baker standing outside. Date: circa 1935
WW1 - Indian maxim section awaiting the enemy, Suez CanalWW1 - An Indian maxim section helping to defend Egypt against the Turks. The three Indians are positioned on baron land, awaiting their enemy
Junkers Ju 52 3m -pair of wrecks in the Libyan desert
Saharan or desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792
Chameleon forest dragon, Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus, and desert agama, Trapelus mutabilis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830