General view of Beirut with a wide view over the sea, in the background the massifs of the Lebanon Mountains.
General view of Beirut with a wide view over the sea and Mount Lebanon.
Tag: Levant
Levant is the historical geographical name for the countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia.
Alexandria the metropolis of Egypt. The Holy Land, Asia Minor illustrated.
A rainy day in Alexandria in December or January is one of the most disconsolate things in the world.
The Byzantine Ornament of Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
The Byzantine style of art. The Romanesque style. Marble mosaic work. Examples of flowing foliage. Ornamental forms of ancient Persepolis. Ornamentation of the Middle Ages.
Oriental street in the Egyptian capital Cairo with the Al Azhar Mosque.
Cairo is considered the best school of ‘Arabic literature; and there is no other place in which we can obtain such a complete knowledge of the Arabs.
Egyptian domestic appliances. Household utensils. Amphorae, vases.
Egyptian home appliances. Household utensils. The amphora, vases, vessels. Boxes of ointments and perfumes. The styles of the shovels.
Jewish clothing of antiquity. Levites. Jewish high priest.
Hebrew clothing of antiquity. Garment of a Jewish high priest with the hoschen. Levites. The history of costumes. Vestments of a Jewish high priest.
Hebrew. Jewish clothing of antiquity. Levites. Jewish high priest.
The clothes of the high priests. Similarity of the Hebrew with the Egyptian priestly garb. The Ephod. The Mehil. Jewish high priest. Levites.
Egyptian Man’s shirt. The Gallebaya. Characteristic garment.
Characteristic garment of the modern Egyptian population. A variation of the Gallebaya called “kamis”. The material is black cotton (Winter).
FAR-A WAY-MOSES. Jewish type. Dragoman.
The above portrait is another illustration of the persistence of the Jewish type.
Married Woman of Bethlehem in richly colored dress.
Married woman from Bethlehem. Over the richly colored dress, a short embroidered jacket is worn.