Oriental and Sacred Scences, from notes of travel in Greece, Turkey and Palestine by Howe Fisher.
Hebron. The Cave of Machpelah. Oriental and Sacred Scences.
Tag: Levant
Levant is the historical geographical name for the countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia.
The Pool of Hezekiah, and the Domes of the Church of the Resurrection.
View of the Pool Amygdalon or Hezekiah, and the Domes of the Church of the Resurrection. The Hospice of Saladin. Minaret of Omar. Dome of the Greek Chapel.
A Man from Bethlehem. Oriental Scences of travel in Palestine.
Oriental and Sacred Scences, from notes of travel in Greece, Turkey and Palestine by Howe Fisher. Published 1854.
A Woman of Nazareth.
A Woman of Nazareth.
Bagdad. Taking Stores Aboard on the Tigris by Means of Guffas.
A Guffa was a traditional, usually plaited reeds, round basket boat, which was used on the Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq until the 1970s.
Marriage Hut of Arab Fellahin with the Newly Married Couple.
Marriage Hut of Arab Fellahin with the Newly Married Couple.
Russian Pilgrims in the Desert on the Way to Sinai in the Holy Land.
Pilgrimage of Russian believers traveling in a caravan in the Holy Land through the desert of the Sinai.
Dinner at Crisso. In the house of the bishop of Salona.
This prelate is receiving the homage of a Greek peasant, who kisses the ground before he applies his lips to the bishop’s hand.
Historical atlas of the principality of Antioch.
Syria during the period of the crusades, 1096-1291. The crusades. The county of Edessa. The principality of Antioch. The county of Tripoli.
The kingdom of Jerusalem. List of places and names.
Entrance to the Tower of the Winds at Athens.
To the south-east of the Roman Agora is the octagonal Tower of the Eight Winds; the Clepsydra of Andronikos Kyrrheste described by Vitruviu.