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Algeria, Tiddis, Q. Memmius Rogatus Arch

Arch dedicated to the soldier Quintus Memmius Rogatus at the remains of the mountainside ancient Roman city of Tiddis, Algeria, December 2007.

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Algeria, Lambaesis, Crossing Hall

Detail arches of the Crossing Hall near the barrack at the ruins of the military camp at the ancient Roman city of Lambaesis, Algeria, December 2007.

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Tuareg Girl from the Hoggar Mountains, Algeria

Tuareg Girl from the Hoggar Mountains, Algeria. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23. A film shot during the expedition, 'Crossing the Great Sahara', records the 3500 mile journey, which began in Kano, in Northern Nigeria early in 1922 and ended in Tougourt, Algeria in April 1923. Buchanan had previously led an expedition into the Sahara in 1919-1920. Date: circa 1922

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