The view was magnificent, commanding El Ghor and the Wady Arabah, while above him towered the naked majesty of Mount Hor.
Mount Hor, from the cliffs encircling the ancient city of Petra.
View of Petra from the top of the Nabataean Theatre.
One which most directly meets the eye on entering the City of Petra from the eastward, is the Theatre.
Costumes of Alsace. Hairdresses and headgear of the different estates.
Female national costumes of Alsace. Hairdresses and headgear of the different estates. The bendel in different shapes. The fur cap.
Late Victorian era. Aristocrats afternoon wardrobe.
This man and woman on their way to church are dressed in a manner becoming the late Victorian aristocrats on a semiformal afternoon occasion.
The Citadel of Jerusalem and the Tower of David.
The citadel of Jerusalem, with the Tower of David, lies on the north-western part of Sion, to the south of the Jaffa Gate.
The Necropolis of Petra. The tombs of the chief Cemetery.
In the valley which conducts to Petra, and which lies outside the “Chasm,” is the chief Cemetery.
Antique Afghan Turkoman Rug, or Filpa Carpet of a nomad tribe.
Afghan Filpa Carpet. The carpet illustrated is a particularly line specimen of great age, with a warmth of color that stimulates the eye, and a luxusness of pile that suggests repose.
Dancing in ancient Greece. Cubistic, spheristic and stage dances.
The Greek dance usually took the form of those slow measured movements which Simonides described as “silent poetry”.
Men sitting to smoke by a ravine at Petra, Jordan.
This view is taken from the Theatre, and represents the Excavations in the opposite cliffs; and the continuation of the chief eastern entrance to the City.
The Dervishes of the various Orders. Islamic mysticism.
The religious doctrines, monastic organisation, and ecstatic powers of the dervish orders.