Images Dated 23rd August 2017 (page 4)

Roger Casements Trial
Roger Casement and Julian Bailey are tried for treason. Casement was found guilty and later hanged. Date: 1916

KABUL / BAZaR / 1840
The Bazaar at Kabul, in the fruit season. Date: circa 1840

Kabul / Afghanistan / 1878
Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, then under the rule of Sher Ali, shortly before the 2nd Afghan War. Date: 1878

Alexanders Ragtime Band
" ALEXANDERs RAGTIME BAND" A ragtime jazz band in a bandstand; music sheet for the famous song by Irving Berlin. Date: 1912

Irving Berlin
IRVING BERLIN American songwriter, who wrote such famous songs as " Alexanders Ragtime Band". Date: 1888 - 1989

Iran / Kengawar
A re-used ruin of a Hellenistic temple at Kengawar. Date: 1843-54

Iran / Archaeology / Tous
The ruins of the settlement at Tous, the ancient capital of the Khorasan region of Iran. The famed Arabian philosopher Abu Hamid Mohammed Ibn Mohammed was born here in 1038 Date: late 19th century

Iran / Archaeology / Susa
A team of 17 local workers transport excavated stone carvings (+ archaeologists!) from the ancient capital of the Elammites at Susa to the Persian Gulf. Date: 1887

Iraq / Archaeology / Various
A whole variety of artifacts, and reliefs, both in situ and alone, from many of the major sites of ancient Iraq. These include Kalhu (Tell Nimrud) and Nineveh (Tell Kuyunjik)

Iraq / Archaeology / Nineveh
Exploratory excavations reveal the surviving height of the bull reliefs (usually denoting entranceways) at the site of the Palace of Sennacherib at Tell Kuyunjik, Nineveh. Date: 1853

Iraq / Archaeology / Nineveh
A comparison of the remains of an entranceway from Tell Kuyunjik at Nineveh, with very similar door and wall reliefs from the site of Khorsabad, excavated by Paul Emile Botta. Date: 1853

Iraq / Babylon / Calmet s
The city of BABYLON, after the descriptions by Herodotus and Kircher; the hanging gardens are in the centre, the Tower on the right : the Euphrates runs round the city

Iraq / Archaeology / Kalhu
One of the colossal human- headed winged bulls from the site at Kalhu (Tell Nimrud) is placed onboard a ship on the Euphrates, ready for the trip back to the British Museum. Date: 1850

Iraq / Archaeology / Kalhu
Local excavators use a well & pulley system to extract bronzes discovered in a lower chamber. Figures on the left can be seen sifting through excavation spoil for finds. Date: 1853

Iraq / Archaeology / Kalhu
Deep excavations at Tell Nimrud reveal the fabulously decorated carved wall reliefs, probably from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasipal at Kalhu. Date: 1849

Iraq / Archaeology / Kalhu
Two tunnels formed by Layards excavations at Nimrud, running along the western and eastern basement walls. Date: 1853

Iraq / Archaeology / Kalhu
A winged being from the Northwest Palace at Kalhu. Built by Ashurnasirpal, this was the most important building on the site, with rooms for official functions. Date: circa 1850

Iraq / Archaeology / Kalhu
One of the colossal winged beings from the Temple of Ninurta, holding a cone-shaped object and a bucket, which were probably used in a purification ritual. Date: 1850

Light at End of Tunnel
Light at the end of the tunnel. Date: 1853

Iraq / Archaeology / Nineveh
In a scene similar to the original construction of the Near-Eastern palaces, a mass of local workmen transport a massive winged bull relief from Nineveh to the Louvre. Date: 1854

Botha at Khorsabad
The site of Dur-Sharrukin (now caled Khorsabad) was excavated by Paul Emile Botta and Victor Place in the 19th century. The city was founded by Sargon the King of Assyria in 717 BC. Date: 1846

Lebanon / Archaeology / Qana
The supposed tomb of Hiram I, King of Tyre (c.969-936 BC). According to the bible he had a close relationship with David, and aided Solomon in the building of his temple. Date: 1902

Iraq / Archaeology / Babylon
The shapeless mounds of occupation deposits, known as the Kasr at the site of ancient Babylon. This was the site of Nebuchadnezzars Palace (6th century BC). Date: 1880

Bible / Salomes Dance
She danced before Herod and demanded the head of John the Baptist as her reward. Date: 1909

Iraq / Archaeology / Kalhu
The massively eroded core of the Ziggurat temple at the site of Kalhu (Tell Nimrud). Many ancient Ziggurats have been robbed for building materials and ravaged by wind

Iraq / Archaeology / Nineveh
A tired excavator relaxes after helping to reveal an entrance passage at Tell Kuyunjik, the site of the citadel of Nineveh. Date: 1853

Iraq / Archaeology / Nineveh
A European archaeologist, probably one of Layards team does an observational sketch in the archive chamber found at Tell Kuyunjik, the site of the citadel of Nineveh. Date: 1853

Iraq / Archaeology / Nineveh
A reconstruction by Layard of the Palace of Sennacherib (704-681 BC), showing the north-eastern facade and grand entrance. Sennacherib called it The Palace without Rival. Date: 1853

Iran / Archaeology / Susa
A brick Staircase flanked by glazed brick reliefs from the Palace of Darius at Susa. Such reliefs were used extensively in Babylon, but they also had a long history in Elam. Date: 1887

Iran / Archaeology / Susa
Excavations in progress at Susa, formerly the capital of the Elammites. Susa was a capital for the Agade kings and Darius I, and was won by Alexander in 331BC. Date: 1889

Iran / Tomb of Xerxes
The Tomb of Xerxes, north of Persepolis. The King is shown worshipping in front of a fire altar before the God Ahuramazda, supported by 30 peoples of the empire. Date: 1854

JERUSALEM / ST ANNEs 1856
The Church of St. Annes which was later converted into a mosque Date: 1856

Female Type / Shimmy 1922
A young woman of the 1920s having fun doing the Shimmy. Date: circa 1922

The Birth of the Blues
THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES...and from a jail came the wail of a down-hearted frail, and they played that as part of the blues... Date: 1926

April Showers
April showers Date: 1921

Lebanon / Baalbek
Temple ruins Date: 1768

Lebanon / Baalbek
viewed from the south Date: 1768

Iraq / Archaeology / Kalhu
Layard supervises the excavation of the impressive stone reliefs at Tell Nimrud. Date: 1852

Iraq / Archaeology / Kalhu
A side view of one of the winged lion entranceway sculptures from Layards excavations at the north- west Palace at Kalhu (Tell Nimrud)

Gigue Anglaise Croisee
GIGUE ANGLAISE CROISEE (also known as the Sir Roger de Coverley ) performed by four ladies and their military friends Date: circa 1880

Jericho C1850
Plains of Jericho Date: circa 1850

Moscow / St Saviour C19
The Church of St Saviour (also known as Our Saviour and Christ the Saviour); erected to commemorate the deliverance of Russia from the French. Date: 19th century

Moscow / St Saviour 1871
The Church of St Saviour (also known as Our Saviour and Christ the Saviour); erected to commemorate the deliverance of Russia from the French. Date: 1871

Syria / Damascus 1860
General view of the city at the time of the massacres of the Maronite Christians by the Druses Date: 1860

Turkey / Istanbul C18
General view of the city in the 17th century, seen from across the Golden Horn Date: circa 1700

Syria / Laodicea C1840
The ruins of Laodicea (today Latakia) : if the old city was destroyed, it is perhaps because its inhabitants were said (in the Bible) to be indifferent to religion Date: circa 1840

Saudi Arabia / Mecca
General view of Mecca and the Mosque Date: Late 19th Century

Yemen / Mocha 1883
Date: 1883

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