Desert Collection (page 20)

Camel market, Edfu, Egypt. Photograph by Lionel Coates

An Algerian Man prays alongside his camel
An Algerian man kneels alongside his camel and undertakes his midday prayers in the direction of Mecca

Chaouis Camp - Algeria - Barbequeing
Chaouis Berber Camp - Algeria. Barbequeing a goat. The men sit and stand in the foreground close to the fire, whilst the women stand at the rear close to the low camel-hair tent

Meharis tribe of Southern Algeria
Indigenous Tribesmen of he Meharis tribe of Southern Algeria - the chief of the caravan

Algeria - Camel Transport
A camel palanquin (covered litter), used to transport wives and children across the arid desert of southern Algeria, each with a central ventilation shaft

Algerian Oasis - Biskra
An oasis close to Biskra in Algeria. Still waters and palm trees in the desert conjure up a romantic Northern Saharan scene. There is another oasis in the far distance

Ain Sefra, Algeria - Headquarters of the African Hunters
The Headquarters of the African Hunters at Ain Sefra, Algeria. The town is called " The Gateway to the Desert" and is very close to the Moroccan border

Nomadic Camp - Algeria
A Nomadic Camp in Algeria. A family camped at an oasis in the desert under a low canvas tent, providing shade from the fierce heat of the sun

Egypt - Marriage Pavilion carried by camels
The Portable Pavilion used for a marriage ceremony, carried between two camels - Egypt. The elegant design of the pavilion and the decoration on the camels is a delight

Lorries in the Thar Desert, India
People and lorries in the Thar Desert (the Great Indian Desert), India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Cartoon on Stock Exchange Settlement Terms
Until Big Bang in the City of London (1986), there was a settlement day (every fortnight) for the payment of stocks and shares - this period was known as The Account

Bedouin Man - Syria / Israel
Middle Eastern Bedouin Man

Motor lorry with caterpillar wheels and tank
A motor lorry with caterpillar wheels crossing the desert with supplies in Egypt during World War One. Close by is a tank which uses the same type of mechanism to travel

Petra repairs 1962, Jordan
Restorations in the desert: repair work among the monuments of Petra, Jordan. This picture shows the closing stages of repair to fallen column which is part of the facade of the Khazne(treasury)

Two men riding camels in a barren landscape

Two species of Giant Cactus - California, United States

Outer City Wall - Beijing, China
The Outer City Wall of Beijing, China, with a carmel caravan train heading off across the Gobi Desert from the Chinese Capital

Desert Scene - Egypt
A superb view of the Egyptian desert, close to the Pyramids at Giza

Mobilising Bedouin Troops
Bedouin troops mobilised in Iran. Cavalry carry long spears and the flag of the Ottoman Empire flies above the troops

A Fine Cactus in the desert at Phoenix, Arizona with a gentleman stood alongside to give even more sense of the giant scale of the plant!

Ruins of a tomb in the Iraqi Desert
The ruins of a tomb in the Iraqi desert - labelled as Esthers Tomb but very unlike the site now associated with Esthers Tomb at Hamadan in Iran

Mirage in the Desert
Mirage observed at Chott Melzhir, in the Sahara of southern Algeria

The Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser), or step pyramid, part of the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis. It was built for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser by his Vizier Imhotep

Egypt - Noontide rest in the Oasis

Egypt - Alexandria - Small Mosque
A small Mosque in the desert close to Alexandria, Egypt

The Hotel de Ville, Louvain
An Oasis in a Desert of Devestation: The Hoteld de Ville, almost untouched amid the ruins of Louvain. With the church of St

Sudan - Sandstorm
A sandstorm in the Sudanese desert - an immense cloud of sand rises up over the horizon and the buildings of the capital, Khartoum

Passage Through the Desert
The shifting sands of the Egyptian desert

Egypt - Donkeys & Donkey Drivers

Bedouin Tent with Camel, Egypt
Bedouin Tent with Camel in the Egyptian desert

Lady from Arabia with landscape
Art Nouveau card depicting a lady from Arabia and a small inset landscape of a typical desert scene from the region

A car in the Iranian desert. The driver and two passengers have got out and are examining something in the sand

General view, Iranian desert with buildings
General view of the Iranian desert, with a few buildings, and mountains in the background

People in the Iranian desert
A group of people, both Western and Middle Eastern, somewhere in the Iranian desert

An incident with a car, Iran
A large number of people trying to move a car out of a ditch, somewhere in Iran

People and their cars, Iran
People and their cars, somewhere in Iran

Shipwrecked on a Tropical Island
Front cover illustration showing a young woman shipwrecked on a tropical island. Dressed only in a slip, she nevertheless ensures her lipstick is expertly applied. Date: 1928

Sunset over the desert and Pyramids, Egypt

View toward The Pyramids Giza, Egypt
View across an irrigation channel and through some tall thin palm trees toward The Pyramids Giza, Cairo, Egypt

A white cat on a reflective table
A highly stylised airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith of a white cat, sat atop a reflective pale blue round table alongside a vase of thin ferns

Bisharin Men dancing
The Bisharin are a Sunni Muslim tribe of the Beja nomadic ethnic group in the eastern part of the Nubian Desert in Sudan - close to Aswan

School Lesson in the desert
Taking a school lesson in the desert. A magnificent photograph

Egyptian Oasis with Giza Pyramids in distance
A view from an Egyptian oasis toward the distinctive outline of one of the pyramids at Giza in the background. An Egyptian man brings his camel to the water to drink. A very fine composition and scene

Pyramids at Giza
The pyramids of Khufu and Khafre at Giza with the Sphinx in the foreground. A very early aeroplane flies above these wonders of the Ancient World

Grazing goats - Kuwait
Goat grazing, Kuwait

An Afghan guard passing through the desert during the Afghan
The Afghan revolt: rebellion of the Shinwari tribe. An Afghan guard on the photographers car passing through the Bandits Hills

Diegeno Indians travelling across the West of the USA, c. 185
Illustration showing a family of Diegeno native American Indians travelling through a desert landscape in the far West of the USA, c.1858

China Gobi Desert
General view

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