A Syrian girl at a “Fountain”. Living Races of Mankind.
Tag: Holy Land
Holy Land is a term for the region referred to in the Hebrew Bible as Canaan, Eretz Israel or the Promised Land. Since the Roman Empire, the region has been called Palestine.
Turbans and other headdresses of Egyptian men.
Full Peoples Gallery in images of all nations by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche, 1840.
Arab caravan in the Sahara desert in a Simoom storm.
Simoom, Arabic: سموم samūm, is the local term for a sand storm in the North African-Arab region.
Back of hunting. Necropolis of Thebes.
Painting: Return from the hunt (Thebes Necropolis – 17th dynasty)
Native of Punt (Thebes: El-Assacif – 17th dynasty.).
Painting: Native of the country of Punt (Thebes: El-Assacif – XVII. dynasty).
Ancient Egypt Queen Nebto daughter of Ramses Miamun
Portrait of Ancient Egypt Queen Nebto daughter of Ramesses II Miamun (19th dynasty.)
Pharaoh Seti I. Necropolis of Thebes.
Reduction of a sketch representing Seti I. (Thebes Necropolis – XIX. dynasty)
Ramses III (Necropolis of Thebes – 20th Dynasty.)
Length portrait of Ramses III (Necropolis of Thebes – 20th Dynasty.)
Ancient Egypt goddess Anouke & Pharaoh Ramses II
Sculpture: La déesse Anouké & Ramsès II (Talmis – XIXe. dynastie) (1878).
The Islamic prayer. Ar-Rifa’ min Ar-Ruku’, or Inclination.
Rukūʿ, Arabic ركوع, bowing with the upper body’, is a posture prescribed by ritual law during prayer in Islam. A bow is called: rakʿa(do)
Auguste Racinet. The Costume History by Françoise Tétart-Vittu.
Racinet's Costume History is an invaluable reference for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; and a rich source of inspiration for anyone with an interest in clothing and style. Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted.
Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume work remains completely unique in its scope and detail. “Some books just scream out to be bought; this is one of them.” ― Vogue.com