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Oracle of Jupiter-AmmonZEUS/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, EgyptA 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 Oasisbumeliana, well, walls, defending, defenders, oasis, defence, heroism, heroic, italo, turkish, war, dead, arab, soldier, italian, italy, turkey, gaining, libya, north, africa, ottoman, empire, 1911
DESRT OF EN GEDIThe 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, 1820Hunting 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 oasisDates 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, EgyptArab Women carrying large water Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1904
Zeus - Jupiter AmmonZEUS/JUPITER AMMON - the Libyan/Egyptian form of the god, who had a famous oracle at the oasis of Siwwa, Libya
Dusty alleys, Nefta, TunisiaArab man walks through the dusty alleys of Nefta, southern Tunisia, North Africa Date: 1987
Man with mule cart, Neft, TunisiaArab man in traditional clothes leads his mule cart through an archway in Nefta, Tunisia Date: 1987
Veiled woman and Charlie Chaplin, TunisiaA 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, EgyptView 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, SaharaCones 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
Touggourt, Algeria - The Main Square and view toward the Oasis. Date: circa 1907
Large Artesian Well, Oasis Ranch nr Roswell, New Mexico, USAArtesian 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 VillageEl Kantara, Biskra Province, Algeria - The Red Village - an important caravan station in the east of the country. Date: circa 1906
Kashgar, Xinjiang, ChinaKashgar - 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, LaghouatPeople walk down a road in the south of the Oasis, Laghouat Date: circa 1910s
View of the Oasis in Ghardaia, AlgeriaGeneral view of the Oasis in Ghardaia, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s
Syria. Overview of the Syrian Desert. Near Palmyra. Near EaSyrian Arab Republic. Overview of the Syrian Desert. Near Palmyra. Oasis of Tadmor. Near East
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, AlgeriaStreet market in the oasis town of El Oued, Algeria. Date: circa 1920s
Rosita Forbes at Jaghbub crossing the Sahara DesertRosita Forbes (1890-1967), English travel writer and explorer at Jaghbub (a remote desert oasis village in the eastern Libyan Desert)
Egyptian souvenir postcard - Sphinx, Oasis and WomanEarly 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) - CourageAn Italian postcard entitled " Courage! Victory is Nigh!". The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya
Moses Fountain in Suez, EgyptMoses Fountain encircled with palm trees and with a cottage in the background in Suez, north-eastern Egypt. Date: circa 1900
Oasis in EgyptTravelling camels and crowds in a palm oasis in Egypt. Date: circa 1900
Oasis of date-palms, BiskraIn 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, BiskraThe 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 AfricaAt 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, AlgeriaNomads 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. BiskraHorsemen ride towards the Mosque at the Oasis of Filliache. Biskra, Algeria Date: circa 1910s
The Oasis, GhardaiaA mass of palm trees in the Oasis of Ghardaia Date: circa 1910s
In the Oasis. Ghardaia, AlgeriaTwo men sit on the side of the road in the Oasis in Ghardaia, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s
Florence Upton playing cards - Lost Midget. circa 1900s
Gadames, Libya - Interior of a Notable HomeGhadames - an oasis town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya - Interior of a Notable Home. Date: circa 1910s
Syria. Ruins of Palmyra. Middle East. Colonnade. 3rd century AD. Oasis Tadmor
Syria. Palmyra. Ruins of Qala at ibn Maan castle on top of mountain. 17th century. Oais of Tadmor. Photo before the Syrian civil war
Syria. Palmyra. The Valley of the Tombs. Oasis of Tadmor. Photo before the Syrian civil war
Roman art. Syria. Palmyra. Decumanus (avenue). Ruins. 3rd century. Oasis Tadmor
Roman art. Syria. Palmyra. Portico of Colonnade. 3rd century. Oasis Tadmor
Syria. Palmyra. Baths of Diocletian. 4th century AD. RuinsRoman Art. Syria. Palmyra. Baths of Diocletian. 4th century AD. Ruins. Oasis Tadmor
Syria. Palmyra. Portico of Colonnade. 3rd century. Oasis Tadmor
Egypt. Oasis. Engraving by Brend Amour in 1882
Moses brings forth water from the rock. Book of Exodus. G. Dore engraving
Village of Marg / EgyptA typical Egyptian village scene. Date: 1912
Arab boy climbing date tree, Algeria, North AfricaArab boy at an oasis, climbing a tree to remove the bad dates before the harvest, Algeria, North Africa. Date: circa 1910
Aerial view of El Oued, AlgeriaAerial view of the oasis town of El Oued, Algeria. Date: circa 1920s
Carl Haganbecks Wonder Zoo and Big Circuspromotional postcard for Carl Hagenbecks Wonder Zoo and Big Circus, Olympia. 26th December 1913. Under the Direction of Charles B. Cochrane
Saharan costumes: Moors in the desert, and Tuaregs at oasis town.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
Castle of Murzuk, oasis town in the Sahara desert.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
History of Wells in silhouette by H. L. Oakley -- second page (entitled THEN) of a leaflet published by LeGrand Sutcliff & Gell Ltd, Artesian Well & Hydraulic Engineers of Southall, West London
Egypt - a typical uninhabited oasis among rocks in Arabian desert. approx. 50 km from Hurghada town
Egypt - Crater-shaped entrance of a termites termitarium, typical in an uninhabited oasis on a salt water spring in Arabian desert. approx. 50 km from Hurghada town
Egypt - a typical uninhabited oasis on a salty water spring in Arabian desert. approx. 50 km from Hurghada town
Egypt- a typical uninhabited oasis on a salty water spring among rocks in Arabian desert. approx. 50 km from Hurghada town
Egypt - A typical uninhabited oasis on a salt water spring in Arabian desert. approx. 50 km from Hurghada (Red Sea shore)
Saudi Arabia - Al-Ula - Aerial View Date: 1976
German-Turkish patrol at an oasis, Mesopotamia, WW1A German-Turkish patrol at an oasis, with camels, Mesopotamia, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
The dunes at Colomb-Bechar - AlgeriaThe beautiful lines of the sandunes at Colomb-Bechar - Algeria, North Africa Date: circa 1910s
French Survey AlgeriaThe French whilst surveying the Sahara, stop for refreshment at an oasis Date: 1906
Western man at tribal gathering in an oasis, IraqA Western man in arab dress at the centre of an armed tribal gathering in an oasis, somewhere in Iraq
Algeria - Gourbi Tent and occupants at a desert oasis
Weaving - Southern AlgeriaSouthern Algeria - Sahara - Goubi Women from Kames weaving on a lightweight loom in the shade of a palm tree at an oasis
Algerian Oasis - BiskraAn 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
Nomadic Camp - AlgeriaA 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
Cartoon on Stock Exchange Settlement TermsUntil 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
Persian lady - Art NouveauA persian woman in art nouveau style wearing elaborate gilt headdress
