Category: 20th Century

Damietta is frequently called the “Venice of Egypt,” and like the real Venice her glories, from a commercial point of view, have departed.

General view of Nazareth, Northern Israel.

Various views of Nazareth of the 19th and early 20th century. Photographs and illustrations. The Plain of Esdraelon. Mount of Precipitation.

The Golden Gate is a walled gate on the east side of the Jerusalem Temple Mount / Haram ash-Sharif, dating from early Islamic times.

The art of enamelling in India. Traditional enamelers of India at work.

Les Créations Parisiennes. La Mode est un Art. Haute Couture by PAUL POIRET 1930.

Characteristic garment of the modern Egyptian population. A variation of the Gallebaya called “kamis”. The material is black cotton (Winter).

THERE is, however, the living vampire, distinct and separate from the dead species.

Buddhist and Confucian beliefs differ on souls’ knowledge of their afterlife resting places.

In China, a tradition involves creating a child’s dress from begged cloth pieces to invoke blessings and protection, known as “Peh-kia-i.”

The koto was introduced from China to Japan during the Nara period (710-793) as an instrument of court music (Gagaku).