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Background imageDesert Collection: Biplane with crew and arabs in the desert, Iraq

Biplane with crew and arabs in the desert, Iraq
A biplane in the desert with crew and arabs, somewhere in Iraq

Background imageDesert Collection: Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, music sheet

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, music sheet
Music sheet cover design, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, written and sung by Mr Harry Clifton. Various scenes are depicted, with the discovery of the footprint in the sand at the centre

Background imageDesert Collection: Behind the Flying Saucers, book cover

Behind the Flying Saucers, book cover
BEHIND THE FLYING SAUCERS, a book by Frank Scully, and the first to claim that a flying saucer had crashed in the American desert

Background imageDesert Collection: Stemmed plants

Stemmed plants including coffee, blueberry, papaya, argan, achras, desert date, styrax, olive, rhododendron, kalmia, gardenia, etc

Background imageDesert Collection: Poster, The New Road to the East

Poster, The New Road to the East. 20th century

Background imageDesert Collection: Three pyramids, Egypt

Three pyramids, Egypt. Date: 1857

Background imageDesert Collection: 6th Battalion Royal Tank Corps - manoeuvres in Egypt

6th Battalion Royal Tank Corps - manoeuvres in Egypt
6th Battalion Royal Tank Corps - manoeuvres in the Egyptian desert near Cairo from their base at Abbassia. This photograph shows light tanks in action over some rough ground. Date: 1936

Background imageDesert Collection: LIBYA. Tadrart Acacus. Representation of giraffes

LIBYA. Tadrart Acacus. Representation of giraffes (12.000-8000 BC). Neolithic art. Cave

Background imageDesert Collection: Entry into Aqaba, Battle of Aqaba, Jordan, WW1

Entry into Aqaba, Battle of Aqaba, Jordan, WW1
Scene at the entry into Aqaba, during the Battle of Aqaba, Jordan, during the Arab Revolt, First World War. Date: 6 July 1917

Background imageDesert Collection: Dunsterforce infantry in action, WW1

Dunsterforce infantry in action, WW1
Members of the Dunsterforce infantry in action in the desert near the Turkish front during the First World War. 1917-1918

Background imageDesert Collection: Hotel Little Lake, Little Lake California

Hotel Little Lake, Little Lake California
Hotel Little Lake, Little Lake, California, America

Background imageDesert Collection: Two biplanes in the desert, Iraq

Two biplanes in the desert, Iraq
Two biplanes side by side in the desert, somewhere in Iraq

Background imageDesert Collection: Six biplanes lined up in the desert, Iraq

Six biplanes lined up in the desert, Iraq
Six biplanes lined up in the desert, somewhere in Iraq

Background imageDesert Collection: Crashed biplane with crew resting in the desert, Iraq

Crashed biplane with crew resting in the desert, Iraq
A crashed biplane in the desert with resting crew, somewhere in Iraq

Background imageDesert Collection: Horse & Arab Rider C1905

Horse & Arab Rider C1905
An Arab in the desert on his rearing horse

Background imageDesert Collection: Pilgrims Cross Desert

Pilgrims Cross Desert
A caravan of pilgrims cross the desert to Mecca

Background imageDesert Collection: Handmade Christmas and New Year card with Sphinx

Handmade Christmas and New Year card with Sphinx
Handmade Christmas and New Year card -- the riddle of the Sphinx is solved at last! It has been waiting to wish you a Happy Xmas and New Year. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDesert Collection: King Edward VII, on a visit to the Great Pyramid, Egypt

King Edward VII, on a visit to the Great Pyramid, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: His Royal Highness, Prince Edward Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, on a visit to the Great Pyramid at Gizeh, Egypt, as part of his tour of the Middle East

Background imageDesert Collection: Bedouin woman with face tattoos outside her tent, Syria

Bedouin woman with face tattoos outside her tent, Syria
Portrait of middle aged Bedouin woman with face tattoos outside her tent in the Syrian desert in Syria. She looks directly at the camera Date: 2005

Background imageDesert Collection: Syrian bedhouin shepherd boy holds a small lamb in his arms

Syrian bedhouin shepherd boy holds a small lamb in his arms
A young Syrian bedhouin shepherd boy holds a small lamb in his arms. He looks driectly at the camera and the picture is lit by soft early morning light

Background imageDesert Collection: The desert town of Dhiban, south of Amman, Jordan

The desert town of Dhiban, south of Amman, Jordan
The desert town of Dhiban, Jordan, Known to the Moabites as Dibon, it is located in Madaba Governorate, south of Amman and east of the Dead Sea

Background imageDesert Collection: Cartoon with British and American tanks, WW2

Cartoon with British and American tanks, WW2
Cartoon, political map of Libya with British and American tanks during the Second World War. circa 1942

Background imageDesert Collection: 19th century vintage photograph: Bichari, Bishari desert guides - used to guide camel

19th century vintage photograph: Bichari, Bishari desert guides - used to guide camel caravans or trains from Korosko to Khartoum

Background imageDesert Collection: Camel market, Aden, Yemen

Camel market, Aden, Yemen
Vintage 19th century photograph: camel market, Aden, Yemen

Background imageDesert Collection: Lizard varieties

Lizard varieties
Lava lizard, Tropidurus torquatus, desert horned lizard, Phrynosoma platyrhinos, stellion, Stellagama stellio, Sudan plated lizard, Gerrhosaurus major, giant ameiva, Ameiva ameiva

Background imageDesert Collection: Bedouin tribesmen in Egyptian desert, WW1

Bedouin tribesmen in Egyptian desert, WW1
Bedouin tribesmen riding camels in the Egyptian desert, 21 November 1914, in the early stages of the First World War. It was men like these who fought with Lawrence of Arabia. 1914

Background imageDesert Collection: Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period - Gobi Desert

Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period - Gobi Desert
Dinosaurs of the Gobi Desert (Russia) of the Cretaceous Period, which spanned 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period 145 million years ago

Background imageDesert Collection: Camel Caravan - Aden, Yemen

Camel Caravan - Aden, Yemen. 1920

Background imageDesert Collection: Sir Anthony Eden on his way to lunch with the Queen - Eden has shortly prior to this

Sir Anthony Eden on his way to lunch with the Queen - Eden has shortly prior to this issued his ultimatum to Israel and Egypt to withdraw their forces after Israel had invaded Egypt

Background imageDesert Collection: SOUTH AFRICA / SCENERY

SOUTH AFRICA / SCENERY
Desert flora Date: 1913

Background imageDesert Collection: Muslim man leads mule and cart through the streets of Nefta

Muslim man leads mule and cart through the streets of Nefta
A barefoot Muslim man leads a mule and cart through the dusty streets of Nefta in Southern Tunisia. He passes a wall painting of Charlie Chaplin Date: 1987

Background imageDesert Collection: A Bedouin shepherd in Syria sitting sideways on donkey

A Bedouin shepherd in Syria sitting sideways on donkey
Bedouin shepherd in Syria sitting sideways on donkey to take a rest. He is surrounded by sheep Date: 2005

Background imageDesert Collection: A Bedouin shepherd on a donkey leads his flock, Syria

A Bedouin shepherd on a donkey leads his flock, Syria
A Bedouin shepherd on a donkey leads his flock of sheep in a long line across the empty wastes of the Syrian desert in Syria Date: 2005

Background imageDesert Collection: Bedouin men in tent in Syrian desert, one plays a rababah

Bedouin men in tent in Syrian desert, one plays a rababah
Two Bedouin men in tent in Syrian desert. Both sit on a carpet. One of them plays a rababah, or rebab, a goat skin string instrument Date: circa 1995

Background imageDesert Collection: Portrait of middle aged Syrian Bedouin woman with tattoos

Portrait of middle aged Syrian Bedouin woman with tattoos
Portrait of middle aged Bedouin woman with face tattoos in Syria. She looks directly at the camera Date: 2005

Background imageDesert Collection: Arab man on grey Arabian horse

Arab man on grey Arabian horse
A young Arab man sits in the saddle of his grey Arabian horse, Petra, Jordan. The man wears a keffiyeh, or kufiya headdress Date: circa 1985

Background imageDesert Collection: Arab flute player, Jordan

Arab flute player, Jordan
Arab flute player makes music during a horse race in the desert near Petra, Jordan. He wears a dagger - Janbiya - on his leather belt Date: circa 1995

Background imageDesert Collection: Egypt - harvesting dates from a date palm tree

Egypt - harvesting dates from a date palm tree Date: circa 1900s

Background imageDesert Collection: Tuareg Tribesmen - Sahara - West Africa - with spears

Tuareg Tribesmen - Sahara - West Africa - with spears
Tuareg Tribesmen - Sahara - West Africa - posing for this photograph with their spears. Two other Tuareg self-designations are Kel Tamasheq meaning " speakers of Tamasheq"

Background imageDesert Collection: Navajo Indians in their desert home - early 1900s

Navajo Indians in their desert home - early 1900s

Background imageDesert Collection: 1935 Ford Model 48 Phaeton 4-door cabriolet, regn 1088

1935 Ford Model 48 Phaeton 4-door cabriolet, regn 1088, in the desert, somewhere in a Middle Eastern desert. (Note: less than 1% of model 48 production was of the 4-door Phaeton cabriolet marque)

Background imageDesert Collection: A nomad riding a camel in the desert

A nomad riding a camel in the desert

Background imageDesert Collection: WW2 Airmen In The Desert

WW2 Airmen In The Desert
This photograph shows a group of WW2 airmen looking at the map before a ground strafe in the desert. Date: circa 1943

Background imageDesert Collection: WW2 - Flying Over Palestine-Transjordan Frontier

WW2 - Flying Over Palestine-Transjordan Frontier
A photograph of a British WW2 Royal Air Force plane flying over mountains and desert of the Palestine-Transjordan frontier. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageDesert Collection: A few varieties of Desert Cacti - USA

A few varieties of Desert Cacti - USA. Date: 1933

Background imageDesert Collection: 60-pounder artillery gun

60-pounder artillery gun
Royal Artillery ?? A 60-pounder artillery gun in a camouflaged (barely) position in the Western Desert. Date: circa 1941

Background imageDesert Collection: T E Lawrence of Arabia in action during WW1

T E Lawrence of Arabia in action during WW1
T E Lawrence of Arabia in action during the First World War - he fought in the Arab Revolt (1916-1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915-1918). Date: 1915-1918

Background imageDesert Collection: The Temptation Of St. Anthony

The Temptation Of St. Anthony
This painting depicts the temptation of St. Anthony, a subject popularly repeated in art and literature, whereby Saint Anthony the Great was confronted by a supernatural temptation during his sojourn



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