North African Collection (page 9)

Summer in various parts of the world (engraving)
8639608 Summer in various parts of the world (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Summer in various parts of the world)

Egypt: Shepheard's Hotel (b/w photo)
8640233 Egypt: Shepheard's Hotel (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shepheard's Hotel)

L'Algerie / Algeria: Troupeau de Chameaux (colour photo)
8639803 L'Algerie / Algeria: Troupeau de Chameaux (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Troupeau de Chameaux)

Karnak, Le temple de Thebes (engraving)
8638291 Karnak, Le temple de Thebes (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Karnak, Le temple de Thebes)

Crusaders storming the City of Tyre (litho)
8661168 Crusaders storming the City of Tyre (litho) by Wood, Stanley L. (1866-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crusaders storming the City of Tyre)

Algerie / Algeria: Alger, Vue Generale (b/w photo)
8653650 Algerie / Algeria: Alger, Vue Generale (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alger, Vue Generale)

Algerie / Algeria: Kabylie, Fort National, Vue Generale De Taourirt Amekrane (b/w photo)
8653644 Algerie / Algeria: Kabylie, Fort National, Vue Generale De Taourirt Amekrane (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kabylie, Fort National)

Algerie / Algeria: Bougie, Vue Prise De La Route De Gouraya (b/w photo)
8653634 Algerie / Algeria: Bougie, Vue Prise De La Route De Gouraya (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bougie, Vue Prise De La Route De Gouraya)

Algerie / Algeria: Timgad, Vue D'Ensemble Prise Du Theatre (b/w photo)
8653627 Algerie / Algeria: Timgad, Vue D'Ensemble Prise Du Theatre (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Timgad, Vue D'Ensemble Prise Du Theatre)

The childhood of Moses (engraving)
8641634 The childhood of Moses (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The childhood of Moses. Illustration for The Prize, 1889.); © Look and Learn

Port-Said, Egypt: General View (b/w photo)
8640893 Port-Said, Egypt: General View (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: General View)

Port-Said, Egypt: The Harbour (b/w photo)
8640891 Port-Said, Egypt: The Harbour (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Harbour)

The Sphinx, an Ancient Sculpture in stone, found near the scite of the Hospital, Colchester (engraving)
8652846 The Sphinx, an Ancient Sculpture in stone, found near the scite of the Hospital, Colchester (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sphinx)

Water-carrier of Cairo (engraving)
8658522 Water-carrier of Cairo (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Water-carrier of Cairo)

Rue Tourbet el Bey, Tunis (colour litho)
8652001 Rue Tourbet el Bey, Tunis (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rue Tourbet el Bey, Tunis)

Tunis (colour litho)
8651992 Tunis (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tunis. Illustration for Algeria and Tunis painted and described by Frances E Nesbitt (A&C Black)

Temple of Celestis, Dougga (colour litho)
8651991 Temple of Celestis, Dougga (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Temple of Celestis, Dougga)

The Palm Village (colour litho)
8651981 The Palm Village (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Palm Village)

A Biskra Woman (colour litho)
8651977 A Biskra Woman (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Biskra Woman. Illustration for Algeria and Tunis painted and described by Frances E Nesbitt)

Sunset (colour litho)
8651972 Sunset (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sunset. Illustration for Algeria and Tunis painted and described by Frances E Nesbitt (A&C Black)

The Garden Court of an Old Moorish Villa, Algiers (colour litho)
8651959 The Garden Court of an Old Moorish Villa, Algiers (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Garden Court of an Old Moorish Villa, Algiers)

On my Balcony, Algiers (colour litho)
8651957 On my Balcony, Algiers (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: On my Balcony, Algiers)

Past & Present: The Lighthouse (colour litho)
8668691 Past & Present: The Lighthouse (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lighthouse. The Pharos at Alexandria)

The Flight into Egypt (colour litho)
8667572 The Flight into Egypt (colour litho) by Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius (1794-1872) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Flight into Egypt)

Dendera, Egypt, c.1850 (photo)
8698348 Dendera, Egypt, c.1850 (photo) by Teynard, Felix (1817-92); (add.info.: Geography. Egypt. Dendera, general view of the Hathor temple)

St. Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, brought before the Emperor Decius, altar, detail
7294921 St. Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, brought before the Emperor Decius, altar, detail; Episcopal Museum of Vic, Barcelona, Spain; (add.info.: Altar. Detail: St)

Diptych sundial (closed), for latitude 42 degrees. Ivory instrument, mid-17th century, by Thomas Ducher (?) (ivory)
MMM5474011 Diptych sundial (closed), for latitude 42 degrees. Ivory instrument, mid-17th century, by Thomas Ducher (?) (ivory); National Maritime Museum, London

The Bab al Futuh (Conquest Gate), old city of Cairo, Egypt, seen here in the 19th century
6428123 The Bab al Futuh (Conquest Gate), old city of Cairo, Egypt, seen here in the 19th century, from "Monuments de Tous les Peuples" by Ernest Breton

Naval combat between the HMS Mary Rose of the Royal Navy and seven pirate algerines off the coast of Tangier (Morocco)
MMM5458016 Naval combat between the HMS Mary Rose of the Royal Navy and seven pirate algerines off the coast of Tangier (Morocco), on December 8, 1669

French 19th century. illustration. showing Saint Augustine of Hippo
5306357 French 19th century. illustration. showing Saint Augustine of Hippo; Universal History Archive/UIG

Battle in Tunisia, c.1900 (print)
7293385 Battle in Tunisia, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: History. Tunisia. French colonial troops fighting in a fort. Imagery, France, ca 1900.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

The Pastrana Tapestries, manufacturing of Tournai, probably from the workshop of Passchier Grenier
CUL4900896 The Pastrana Tapestries, manufacturing of Tournai, probably from the workshop of Passchier Grenier, c.1471 - 1475 (tapestry) by Grenier

Geographic atlas: view of the Mediterranean Sea and the coasts of Barbaria (Algeria, Tunisia, Tripolitan)
JEB4874639 Geographic atlas: view of the Mediterranean Sea and the coasts of Barbaria (Algeria, Tunisia, Tripolitan). Atlas de Nicolas et Guillaume Sanson, 1670

The Pastrana Tapestries, manufacturing of Tournai, probably from the workshop of Passchier Grenier
CUL4902695 The Pastrana Tapestries, manufacturing of Tournai, probably from the workshop of Passchier Grenier, c.1471 - 1475 (tapestry) by Grenier

Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile, a Saidi plows his field with a wooden plow pulled by a pair of oxen, 1900
LUX4778487 Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile, a Saidi plows his field with a wooden plow pulled by a pair of oxen, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile)

Algeria, Cheliff Region, Chlef: girls in traditional clothing wearing jewellery, 1904
LUX4780848 Algeria, Cheliff Region, Chlef: girls in traditional clothing wearing jewellery, 1904; (add.info.: Algeria, Cheliff Region, Chlef: girls in traditional clothing wearing jewellery)

Tunisia, El Djem (jem): Walking at the foot of the Roman amphitheatre, tents serve as stalls for a crowd of barges to
LUX4766200 Tunisia, El Djem (jem): Walking at the foot of the Roman amphitheatre, tents serve as stalls for a crowd of barges to buy goats, sheep and mules, 1907; (add.info.: Tunisia)

El Djem (El Jem): Cirque Romain d'El Djem, 1885
LUX4712398 El Djem (El Jem): Cirque Romain d'El Djem, 1885; (add.info.: El Djem (El Jem): Cirque Romain d'El Djem, 1885); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Emina El Nosratli awaits her sons victorious entry to Cairo after his Arabian campaign, 1818
3480404 Emina El Nosratli awaits her sons victorious entry to Cairo after his Arabian campaign, 1818; (add.info.: Emina El Nosratli (mother of Ibrahim Pasha)

An Arab father and son, 1850
3478278 An Arab father and son, 1850; (add.info.: Colour illustration depicting an Arab father and son, riding on a donkey alongside the River Nile. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

K (Kabyles). People of Algeria. Alphabet of small geographers, c.1881 (chromolithograph)
DUV4201952 K (Kabyles). People of Algeria. Alphabet of small geographers, c.1881 (chromolithograph); 27x23.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Children's bookshop illustrated)

Tripoli (engraving)
8638441 Tripoli (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tripoli. Illustration for Dictionnaire Universel Illustre De La Geographie et Des Voyages edited)

Archbishop of Valencia blessing the flags of the Spanish army before its departure for Morocco (engraving)
8677017 Archbishop of Valencia blessing the flags of the Spanish army before its departure for Morocco (engraving) by Pingret

The Nile, View near Cairo (colour litho)
8664976 The Nile, View near Cairo (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Nile, View near Cairo)

Colossus at Memphis (colour litho)
8667255 Colossus at Memphis (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colossus at Memphis)

Ancient Egyptian clay model of a coastal vessel (litho)
8663898 Ancient Egyptian clay model of a coastal vessel (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Egyptian clay model of a coastal vessel)

Hunting wildfowl with throwing sticks in ancient Egypt (litho)
8663811 Hunting wildfowl with throwing sticks in ancient Egypt (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hunting wildfowl with throwing sticks in ancient Egypt)

Ancient Egyptian paintings of animals (colour litho)
8663625 Ancient Egyptian paintings of animals (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Egyptian paintings of animals)

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"Exploring the Rich Cultural Tapestry of North Africa" From ancient Coptic art to breathtaking landscapes, North Africa is a treasure trove of history and natural wonders. In Egypt, the 7th-century painting on wood showcases the intricate beauty of Coptic art, depicting Christ and Abbot Mena with remarkable detail. Moving forward in time, we encounter Saint John Climacus at the top rung of his Ladder of Heavenly Ascent in a late 12th-century icon. This depiction highlights the spiritual significance that Mount Sinai held for this revered abbot. Venturing outside Egypt's borders, we find ourselves captivated by a bas-relief of the Goddess Sekhmet at the Temple of Seti I in Abydos. This awe-inspiring artwork serves as a testament to ancient Egyptian mythology and their reverence for powerful deities. Shifting gears to more contemporary imagery, an American cartoon from 1882 portrays England as an octopus-like figure symbolizing imperialism. The Devilfish in Egyptian Waters reminds us of historical tensions between nations and their quest for dominance across continents. Nature's marvels also grace this diverse region. Goats perched upon trees in Morocco showcase nature's ingenuity while adding charm to its picturesque landscapes. Meanwhile, Marrakech's Jardin Majorelle offers respite amidst vibrant flora and tranquil blue hues. For those seeking luxury accommodations with historical significance, Mena House Hotel stands tall against Giza's backdrop near Cairo. Its timeless elegance has welcomed guests since its inception. Egypt continues to mesmerize with statues like Ramses II seated proudly within Luxor Temple's Court—a testament to pharaohs' grandeur eternally preserved through stone craftsmanship. As day turns into dusk over Cairo's horizon, witnessing all three Great Pyramids basking in sunset hues becomes an unforgettable sight—an experience that connects us directly with ancient civilizations' architectural prowess.