Libya Collection (page 2)

Italo-Turkish War - Raffaele Borea Ricci d Olmo, Admiral
Italo-Turkish War - Raffaele Borea Ricci d Olmo, an Italian naval officer with the rank of Counter Admiral. He was the first Italian governor of Tripolitania

Cylindrical Torah scroll case. Tripoli, Libya, 1935. Silversmi
Cylindrical Torah scroll case.Tripoli, Libya, 1935. Silversmith: Raphael Aton. Wood overlaid with silver sheet, repousse?

Vittorio Emanuele III & Mehmet V - First Treaty of Lausanne
King Vittorio Emanuele III (1869-1947) and Sultan Mehmed V Resad (Reshad) (1844-1918) - postcard commemorating the First Treaty of Lausanne

Italy warned by Menelik of dealing with the Ottoman Sultan
The Italians in Libya - Italo-Turkish War. Menelik I, the Emperor of Ethiopia (who had defeated Italy in 1889) warns Italy

Libya. Leptis Magna. Roman City. View of Macellum. 1st C. BC
Libya. Leptis Magna. City of the Roman Empire. View of Marketplace with the circular Macellum. 1st C. BC

Libyas Desert Express"
Libyas " Desert Express", jammed with soldiers, colonists and natives. The Gadames-Tripoli railway runs 350 miles through unbearable heat, unprotected from the sun Date: 1940s

Street of main banks, Tripoli, Libya
Street of main banks, including the Banco Sicilia on the right, in Tripoli, Libya. Date: circa 1920

Bristol 156 Beaufighter IC of No 252 Squadron in Libya Initially deployed to Malta in early 1941, Beaufighters helped sweep Rommels forces from North Africa

Costumes of Tripoli, Libya, woman in burqa and veil, man in turban.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

AGRIPPINA the Elder (14BC-33). Prominent Roman woman, wife of Germanicus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger. Bust of Agrippina the Elder, 1st c. AD. Roman art. Sculpture on marble

WW2 - Free French Forces in Africa - who won victories at Mourzouk, Kufra, Massawa and Keren (Libyan Campaign). Date: circa 1943

Libya - Tripoli - narrow passage within the Old City Date: circa late 1930s

Libya - Tripoli - The seafront / Waterfront Date: circa late 1930s

Map of Northern Africa. Date: 1807

The Kings Palace, Tripoli, Libya
The Kings Palace (Palazzo Reale), Tripoli, Libya. The rather nice stamp features King Idris of Libya (1889-1983), who reigned from 1951 until he was deposed in a 1969 coup d etat by army officers led

Fulbe woman from Cameroon
Cameroon, Africa - A seated bare-breasted Fulbe woman and a Fezzan bedouin arab woman from Southern Libya. Date: circa 1920s

Map of the Italian Empire in 1939, including the colonial African territories of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Libya. Date: 1939

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Assault on an Arab Traitor
Italian assault on the house of an Arab Traitor. The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Courage
An Italian postcard entitled " Courage! Victory is Nigh!". The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

Italo-Turkish War - Landing Italian Troops at Tripoli on 11th October 1911. Date: 1911

Panorama of Tripoli, Libya with minarets and rooftops - at this stage under Ottoman occupation (pre-conquest by Italy). Date: circa 1910

Gadames, Libya - Interior of a Notable Home
Ghadames - an oasis town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya - Interior of a Notable Home. Date: circa 1910s

Statue of Athena. Roman copy
Statue of Goddess Athena. Roman copy of an original from 5th century BC. Marble. From Leptis Magna. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

Artillery at Tobruk
North Africa : Rommels artillery bombards Tobruk, Libya, recognised as a key element in the strategy of the North African campaign Date: 1941

DESERT EXPRESS TRAIN
Libyas " Desert Express", jammed with soldiers, colonists and natives. The Gadames-Tripoli railway runs 350 miles through unbearable heat, unprotected from the sun Date: 1940s

Il Duce Opens LA Strada
Il Duce inaugurates la strada Litoranea, a road which was planned to run from Egypt to Tunisia Date: 1937

Shooa women with baby, Kanem spearman, and Bambara bowman.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Castle of Bonjem (Bogem), Roman ruins, Sahara desert.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Costumes of Tripoli, Libya, bagpiper and a female dancer.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Rosita Forbes at Jaghbub crossing the Sahara Desert
Rosita Forbes (1890-1967), English travel writer and explorer at Jaghbub (a remote desert oasis village in the eastern Libyan Desert)

Libya. Tadrart Acacus. Archaeology
LIBYA. Tadrart Acacus. Representation of a village (12.000-8000 a.C.). Neolithic art. Cave

German strong point in Libyan desert by G. H. Davis
A German strong point in the Libyan desert during the Second World War. A stealthy prelude to major events: how a watch is kept by the Allies on enemy movements. Date: 1942

German and Italian tanks in Libya by G. H. Davis
Panzer types: German and Italian tanks opposing British tanks in the Libyan desert during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Map of Egyptian coast and Libyan plateau by G. H. Davis
Where the fate of mankind may be decided: a panoramic map of the Egyptian coast and the Libyan plateau. The theatre of war in the Middle East during the Second World War

Gerhard Rohlfs
FRIEDRICH GERHARD ROHLFS German explorer, the first European to visit Giarabub, Libya. Date: 1831 - 1896

WW2 - Aircraft of the Free French Lorraine Squadron, Libya
WW2 - Blenheim Mk. IV Aircraft of the Free French Lorraine Squadron, Libya (RAF No. 342 Squadron). Date: circa 1943

Tripoli, Libya - Italo-Turkish War damage and exotic dancer
Tripoli, Libya - Evidence of Bombardment during the Italo-Turkish War and an exotic dancer. The Italo-Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

House of an Arabian Sheikh at Tripoli, Libya
The wonderfully-adorned house of an Arabian Sheikh at Tripoli, Libya - photograph taken during th Italo-Turkish War of 1911-12. Date: circa 1911

LIBYA. AKHDAR. Shahhat. Cyrene. Tomb. Roman art.; Greek art

LIBYA. SIRTE BASIN. Sabratha. Temple of Isis

LIBYA. Tadrart Acacus. Representation of a cart pulled by an ox (c. 1500 BC). Neolithic art. Cave

LIBYA. AKHDAR. Shahhat. Cyrene. Greek theatre (6th c. BC) rebuilt during the Roman period (1st c. BC-3rd c. AD). Archaic Greek art. Architecture

LIBYA. TRIPOLI. Leptis Magna. Severus Basilica, building finished in 216. Roman art. Early Empire

LIBYA. Tadrart Acacus. Zoomorphic drawing (circa 1500 BC). Neolithic art. Cave

LIBYA. Tadrart Acacus. Rupestrian carving with representation of elephant on the rock of Wadi Matendous (12.000-8000 BC). Neolithic art. Petroglyph

LIBYA. TRIPOLI. Leptis Magna. Forum built during Septimius Severus government (late 2nd century, early 3rd century). Inside. Roman art

LIBYA. AKHDAR. Shahhat. Cyrene. Tob at Greek-Roman necropolis. Greek art.; Roman art. Architecture

LIBYA. SIRTE BASIN. Sabratha. Roman theatre

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