Oasis Collection

Oracle of Jupiter-Ammon
ZEUS/JUPITER AMMON - the Libyan/Egyptian form of the god, who had a famous oracle at the oasis of Siwwa, Libya

A hand-painted sign showing the time it would take to reach Timbuktu in Mali (52 days) if one were to set off across the Sahara Desert on a camel

Bedouins and camels in the desert, Egypt
A group of bedouins and their camels in the desert, Egypt. Date: early 20th century

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

Syria, Palmyra. Temple of Bel (Baal)
Syria, Palmyra. Ancient city, documented already in the 2nd millennium. General view of the Roman Temple of Bel (Baal), supreme god of the Palmyrians. (Oasis of Tadmor)

Marabout Oasis near Misrata, Gulf of Sidra, Libya Date: circa 1940s

Bumeliana Well Walls Defending Defenders Oasis
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DESRT OF EN GEDI
The desert and oasis of En Gedi are located on the west shore of the Dead Sea : today there is an Israeli kibbutz here. Date: circa 1835

Comic postcard, Two dogs in the desert Date: 20th century

Baroness Troil in Arab dress with a camel, Biskra, Sahara, 1927 ready for a caravan expedition Date: 1927

A feature about the delights of Biskra, Algeria, 1925 - a desert oasis in the Sahara Date: 1925

Historical views of Arabia. Arab performer with goat balancing on blocks 64, view of the Greek convent at Mount Sinai 65, and Muslim pilgrims on the Hajj at Mecca 66

Scenes from Tripoli in the Barbary States, 1820
Hunting lions in the Barbary States 10, camels and drivers sleeping in the desert 11, and Arabs inviting travellers to dine 12. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

France - Trade - Dates from the desert oasis
Dates in wooden crates as they arrive direct from the desert oasis to the French warehouse of Champagne Freres Ld. Date: circa 1910s

Oasis hummingbird, Rhodopis vesper (Evening hummingbird, Trochilus vesper). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology: Hummingbirds

Desert Chums, boy and donkey, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (Oasis Confectionery photo, Fremont Street, Las Vegas). Date: 1910

Bab-Darb Quarter of Biskra Old Town, Algeria Date: circa 1910s

Moses Fountain. Date: circa 1890

Palm tress at Bedrashin, Giza, Egypt Date: 1918

Arab Women carrying large Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt
Arab Women carrying large water Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1904

Zeus - Jupiter Ammon
ZEUS/JUPITER AMMON - the Libyan/Egyptian form of the god, who had a famous oracle at the oasis of Siwwa, Libya

Dusty alleys, Nefta, Tunisia
Arab man walks through the dusty alleys of Nefta, southern Tunisia, North Africa Date: 1987

Man with mule cart, Neft, Tunisia
Arab man in traditional clothes leads his mule cart through an archway in Nefta, Tunisia Date: 1987

Veiled woman and Charlie Chaplin, Tunisia
A veiled muslim woman walks past a door with Charlie Chaplin sign on the wall, Nefta, Tunisia Date: 1987

Arab porters in Iraq carrying long planks of wood through a palm grove. Date: 1910s

Al-Fayoum in the Fayoum Oasis, Egypt
View over the canal Bahr Yussef at Al-Fayoum in the Fayoum Oasis, Egypt. Date: circa 1930

Cones of salt - The Great Salt Mines, Oasis of Bilma, Sahara
Cones of salt obtained from The Great Salt Mines, Oasis of Bilma, Niger, Sahara. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23

Large Artesian Well, Oasis Ranch nr Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Artesian Well (the largest in the World), on the Oasis Ranch near to Roswell, New Mexico, USA - more than 900 feet deep and flowed 9100 gallons of water a minute - used to irrigate local farmland

Souvenir of Egypt Postcard - Bedouin Tent and Camel Date: circa 1898

El Kantara, Algeria - The Red Village
El Kantara, Biskra Province, Algeria - The Red Village - an important caravan station in the east of the country. Date: circa 1906

Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
Kashgar - the westernmost city in China, located near the border with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Date: circa 1907

A road in the south of the Oasis, Laghouat
People walk down a road in the south of the Oasis, Laghouat Date: circa 1910s

View of the Oasis in Ghardaia, Algeria
General view of the Oasis in Ghardaia, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Oxus River (Amu Darya)
The Oxus River (Amu Darya) at Khami-i-ab, looking east, near Khoja-Saleh. The river supplied irrigation for the ancient oasis kingdoms of Khiva and Khwarism. Date: 1885

Street market in El Oued, Algeria
Street market in the oasis town of El Oued, Algeria. Date: circa 1920s

Egyptian souvenir postcard - Sphinx, Oasis and Woman
Early pictorial Egyptian souvenir postcard featuring deictions of the Sphinx, an Oasis and an Egyptian bedouin woman from Cairo, wearing an Arousa el Burqa (literally the Bride of the Veil)

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

Touggourt, Algeria - The Main Square and view toward the Oasis. Date: circa 1907

Moses Fountain in Suez, Egypt
Moses Fountain encircled with palm trees and with a cottage in the background in Suez, north-eastern Egypt. Date: circa 1900

Oasis in Egypt
Travelling camels and crowds in a palm oasis in Egypt. Date: circa 1900

Oasis of date-palms, Biskra
In Biskra, Algeria, a man walks down a street lined with the date palms of the oasis, whilst two children chat near the roadside stream. Date: circa 1910s

The Gorge and the River, El Kantara, Biskra
The Gorge and the River of the town of El Kantara, Biskra. The river depicted is very dry, but this gorge was once described by locals as the mouth of the desert. Date: circa 1910s

A view of the town and the oasis, Laghouat. A network of flat roofed houses meet the vegetation of the oasis at Laghouat. In the distance is the Amour mountain range. Date: circa 1910s

Landscape and People, Sahara, North Africa
At an oasis in an area of the Sahara, nomadic women and children rest with their camels. Date: circa 1910s

Passage of Col de Sfa in Biskra, Algeria
Nomads stand with their camels whilst travelling through the passage Col de Sfa in the deserts of Biskra, Algeria. Biskra was a French garrison town, known for its Saharan oasis. Date: circa 1910s

The Mosque at the Oasis of Filliache. Biskra
Horsemen ride towards the Mosque at the Oasis of Filliache. Biskra, Algeria Date: circa 1910s

The Oasis, Ghardaia
A mass of palm trees in the Oasis of Ghardaia Date: circa 1910s

In the Oasis. Ghardaia, Algeria
Two men sit on the side of the road in the Oasis in Ghardaia, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

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