Mediterranean Collection (page 8)

Mammari, Cyprus - Nicosia District, north of Kokkinotrimithia (currently in the UN buffer zone). Date: circa 1930s

Suez Canal Company office in Port Said, Egypt
The administration buildings of the Suez Canal Company as seen from the Mediterranean Sea, now housed by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA)

Port of Tripoli (Tarabulus), Lebanon
Port of Tripoli (Tarabulus), city in the north of Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

The Port of Oran and the Murdjajo Hill, Algeria
The Port of Oran and the Murdjajo Hill (with Fort Santa Cruz at the top) on the Mediterranean coast of Algeria, North Africa Date: circa 1910s

Port Said, Egypt - Ferdinand de Lesseps statue. Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps (1805-1894) was the French developer of the Suez Canal

HMS Marlborough - The Captains Cabin. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Turkey. Roman art. Side. Ruins
Turkey. Asia Minor. Roman art. Side. Ancient Greek city. Ruins

Minoan art. Greece. Vessel. Palace Style. Schematic vegetal decoration. 1420 BC. Heraklion Museum. Creta

Map of Malta. Island. Mediterranean Sea. Italian engraving. 16th century

Metope. Parthenon marbles. Battle between the Centaurs and t
Metope IV from the Parthenon marbles depicting part of the battle between the Centaurs and the Lapiths. 5th century BC. Athens. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Basalt caryatids guarding the temple of Tell Halaf. Syria
Syria. Entrance to the Aleppo National Museum. Basalt caryatids guarding the temple of Tell Halaf

The Battle of Livorno (Leghorn), c. 1659, by Willem van de Ve
Willem van de Velde I1611-1693). Dutch painter. The Battle of Livorno (Leghorn), c.1659. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

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

Mycenaean Art. Greece. Mycenae. Royal Tombs. Circle A. Greec
Mycenaean Art. Greece. Mycenae. Royal Tombs. Circle A. Double circle within which there are six Shaft Graves. 14th century B.C. Province of the Argolid. Peloponnese region

Eirene, goodess of Peace and, as mother of Pluto, of Prospe
Greek art. Eirene, goodess of Peace and, as mother of Pluto, of Prosperity. Roman sculpture after an original of 370 BC, which stood in the market place of Athens. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Roman mosaic. Child Heracles with snakes. Antioquia. Turkey
Heracles. Divine hero in Greek mythology. Roman mosaic. Child Heracles with snakes. Antakya. Turkey

Odysseus offering wine to Polyphemus. Mosaic. 3rd-4rd century. Roman Villa. Piazza Armerina. Sicily. Italy

Greek art. Classical period. Grave stele. Relief. Funerary banquet scene. The man lying holding in his hand a Philae and a boy came from a crater serves

The ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Didyma. Turkey
Turkey. Didyma. Ancient Greek sanctuary. Coast of Ionia. Ruins of the Temple and oracle of Apollo, The Didymaion. Hellenistic period. Near Didim

Punic ostrich egg from Villaricos. Dates from the 6th BC
An ostrich egg decorated with painted red lines. Punic artwork from the Iron Age II. Villaricos necropolis in Cuevas del Almanzora. Province of Almeri?a, Andalusia, Spain

Phoenician Kingdom. Northern Lebanon. Sarcophagus. It was ma
Phoenician Kingdom. Northern Lebanon. First millenium BC. Sarcophagus, which is made of marble from the Greek island of Paros, come from such a tomb

Greece. Sparta. Inscription on the stone. Greek writing. Old Theater. Peloponnese

Idrimi of Alalakh
Stone statue of King Idrimi of Alalakh seated in his throne. 1570-1500 BC. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Emporium. Greek colony
Greek Art. Emporium (Ampurias). Greek colony founded by the greeks of Foci, 570 BC. Statue of Asclepius. God of medicin. Neapolis. Girona province. Catalonia. Spain. Europe

Interior of Latecoere
Interior of the Latecoere 521 flying boat Lieutenant de Vaisseaux Paris, carrying 30 passengers trans-Atlantic or 70 on Mediterranean routes in leg-stretching comfort. Date: 1935

Monaco - Cote d Azur - The Rock of Monaco
The Rock of Monaco (Rocher de Monaco) - a 62m tall monolith on the Mediterranean coast of the Principality of Monaco - Cote d Azur. Date: circa 1920s

Warrior head. Mycenaean art
Ivory Head of a Warrior. 13th c. BC. Mycenaean art. Sculpture on ivory. GREECE. ATTICA. Athens. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: GREECE. PELOPONNESE. ARCADIA. Mycenae

Roman ships
MONLEON Y TORRES, Rafael (1835-1900). History of the navigation: Ships of the Ancient Rome. Military bireme and trade ship. Watercolour. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Navy Museum

USS Sea Poacher, American submarine, Malta
USS Sea Poacher (SS/AGSS-406), American Balao class submarine, seen here off Valletta, Malta, on 5 November 1957. Date: 1957

Warships of the six nations in the Mediterranean, WW1
The naval situation in the Mediterranean: the warships of the six nations (Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy and Austria). Shown looking eastwards from Gibraltar towards the Adriatic. Date: 1914

Map of Pantellaria (Pantelleria) by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Pantellaria (Pantelleria), a volcanic Italian island outpost which surrendered unconditionally on 11 June 1943 -- the first loss of Italian soil to the Allies during the Second World

Cyprus - Women Spinning wool
Cyprus - Cypriot Women Spinning wool and working at a loom. Date: circa 1906

Algiers, Algeria, North Africa
An exotic girl sits on an open terrace in Algiers, Algeria. View of the harbour and city looking out into the Mediterranean Sea Date: 1904

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

Thessaloniki, Greece - Admiral Gueprate and General Baumann
WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - French Admiral Emile Paul Aimable Guepratte (1856-1939) and General Baumann pictured on the waterfront at the bay. Date: circa 1915

Map of Northern Africa. Date: 1807

Operation Albumen - The Escape from Crete - WWII
Passengers and Chaperones. Photograph taken by Colonel David Sutherland of SBS and SAS, was part of a 12-man Special Boat Service unit which made a daring raid on the occupied Greek island of Rhodes

WWII - Mussolini slips up invading Greece - First Day Cover. A nice pun on Greece and Grease. Date: 1941

Portolan chart of the Mediterranean sea (1439) of Gabriel de Vallseca. It belonged to Amerigo Vespucci. SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum

British troops with mules at Arsuf, Middle East, WW1
British troops at Arsuf, Middle East (now in Israel) on the Mediterranean coast during the First World War. Showing the Lewis Gun Section of the 2nd Leicestershire Regiment, 7th (Indian) Division

Making a Fez
Making a fez or tarboosh (from the Persian sar, meaning head and poosh, cover) worn by East Mediterranean Muslim men, which originated in Fez, Morocco, North Africa. Date: 1930s

Tirrenio warns Palemon to be faithful to Ondine
Tirrenio, Lord of the Mediterranean, warns Palemon that if he is unfaithful to Ondine he will lose his life. Illustration to a fairytale by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, first published 1812

The Bystander Riviera Number front cover, 1934
Front cover of The Bystanders Riviera Number front cover with an illustration depicting the palm tree lined promenade dotted with numerous cafe tables and people walking

Monte Carlo Rally 1930
A poster for the Monte Carlo rally of January 1930

Advertisement, Lancastria Cruises, Cunard White Star
Advertisement for Lancastria Cruises via Cunard White Star. circa 1938

Royal visit to Venice lido, 1932
Edward Prince of Wales (1894-1972) (later Edward VIII) with his brother Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942), pictured at the lido beach at Venice in 1932, as part of their Mediterranean trip

Les Grands Hotels - Cannes, La Cote d Azur, South of France Date: circa 1920s

A Maltese lady wearing a traditional over-head shawl. Date: circa 1909

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