Libya Collection (#28)

Libya, Fezzan, tourist camp among the dunes of the Erg Murzuq

Libya, Fezzan, dunes of Erg Murzuq

Libya, Fezzan, Akakus, prehistoric graffiti of Ti Tabora

Libya, Fezzan, Akakus, prehistoric graffiti

Libya, Fezzan, Akakus desert

Libya, Fezzan, Abaho prehistoric engraving

Libya, Fezzan, dunes of Wan Kaza

Racial Type / Libya
An Arab chief, Tripoli, Libya, North Africa. Date: 1930s

A Mule Caravan
A mule caravan in Tripoli, Libya, North Africa. Date: 1930s

Virginia Waters Temple
The ruins of a Roman temple at Virginia Waters, Surrey, England. About 2000 years old, originally built at Leptis Magna, Libya. Garden feature for the Prince Regent, 1826. Date: 1950s

Turco-Italian War, 1911 - loading fodder for Italian troops
Hay being loaded onto the steamship Italian, part of provisions for the Italian army in Tripoli during the 1911-1912 Turco-Italian war in Tripoli in the area now known as modern-day Libya

Italian pilots in Italo-Turkish War, Cyrenaica, Libya
Portraits of the first Italian pilots who took part in the Italo-Turkish War (1912-1913) in Cyrenaica, Libya. This war was the first in history which involved air attacks by aircraft. Date: 1912-1913

Benghazi battle during Italo-Turkish War
A battle in Benghazi, Libya, during the Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912). Date: 19 October 1911

World Map / Crates Mallos
A world map according to Crates of Mallos, showing Europe, Libya, the Antipodes, and various seas Date: circa 168 BC

THREE GRACES. Marble, 3rd century B. C. from the ruins of Cyrene, a Greek colony in Cyrenaica, present day Libya
THREE GRACES. Marble, 3rd century B.C. from the ruins of Cyrene, a Greek colony in Cyrenaica, present day Libya

WORLD MAP, c300 B. C. According to the writings of Dicaearchus
WORLD MAP, c300 B.C. According to the writings of Dicaearchus

Jetstream clouds seen over north-western Libya. The jetstreams are high-altitude, fast-moving air currents that are a few thousand kilometres long

Libyan Desert outcrop, satellite image. North is at top. Sand dunes are white, less sandy areas are blue, and rock is dark grey

Libyan agriculture, satellite image. The dark green areas seen in the desert sands are numerous centre pivot irrigation fields. These ones are in the Libyan Desert, in the eastern part of Libya

Desert Mirage, Libya
A mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky

Petroglyph of Running Elephant, Libya
Petroglyph (rock engraving) of an elephant in the Tadrart-Acacus region of Libya. The oldest petroglyphs are dated to approximately the Neolithic and late Upper Paleolithic boundary, about 10

Pictograph detail of a Lion attack, Libya
Pictograph detail of a Lion attack, Acacus, south west Libya, believed to have been painted around 9, 000 years ago. A dead auroch (a now extinct species) is depicted on its back centre left

Microwave telecommunications tower Libya
Microwave telecommunications relay tower powered by an array of photovoltaic solar panels in Libya Sahara. These antennas receive, amplify and retransmit phone

Pictograph of walking figures
Pictograph of walking human figures and cattle on a cave wall in the Acacus region of Libya, approximately 9, 000 years old

Elephant Petroglyph, Libya
Petroglyph (rock engraving) of elephants in the Tadrart-Acacus region of Libya. The oldest petroglyphs are dated to approximately the Neolithic and late Upper Paleolithic boundary, about 10

Pictograph of Horsedrawn Chariot, Libya
Pictograph of a chariot with 2 horses on a cavewall in eastern Libya near Magidet. In his Histories (IV. 170) Herodotus states that the chariot was invented in Libya

Animal pictographic frieze, Libya
Pictographs of animals and humans on a cavewall in eastern Libya near Magidet. The frieze depicts subjects in different styles indicating that they were perhaps painted at different times

Pictograph of humans and animals, Libya
Pictographic frieze of humans and animals in the Tin Lebbo area of Wadi Tashwinat, south west Libya made around 9, 000 years ago

Petrified Tree trunk, Libya
Petrified wood (from Greek root petro meaning " rock" or " stone" ; literally " wood turned into stone" ) in the Libyan desert

Lunar meteorite on a display stand. This 6-centimetre-long fragment of rock was originally part of a meteor that burnt up in the Earths atmosphere, with the surviving fragments known as meteorites

Erg Awbari, Sahara desert, Fezzan, Libya

Prehistoric rock paintings with camels and hunters, Akakus, Sahara desert, Fezzan, Libya

Akakus, Sahara desert, Fezzan, Libya

Prehistoric rock paintings, Akakus, Sahara desert, Fezzan, Libya

Africa, Libya
Erg Awbari, Sahara desert, Fezzan, Libya

Leptis Magna, Libya - Al Hums - some of the dozens of heads of Medusa that used to decorate the Severan Forum. Nowadays some are detached and lie damaged on the ground

Couple from Cyrene, Libya with their Singer Sewing Machine

Custom House, Tripoli, during Italo-Turkish War
The Custom House, Tripoli, during the Italo-Turkish War (1911-12). The Italian flag is now flying in place of the Turkish flag

Bombardment of Tripoli
The bombardment of Tripoli during the Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) -- scene at the Fortress Sultana. The threatened outbreak of the First Balkan War forced Turkey to make peace

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Attacking with fixed bayonets
Italian troops counter-attacking with fixed bayonets. The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Italian troops search an Oasis
Italian troops search a Turkish Oasis for Turkish troops. The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

Men & Woman of Tripoli
Men and a woman of Tripoli - she is completely covered

Woman of Tripoli at home, with her face uncovered. Date: 1836

Libya Scenery
Wadi Muchgun, three kilometres west of Cyrene

Italians at Tobruk
North Africa : in Libya, the British attempt to defend Tobruk against Italian air attacks

Libya Tripoli
aka Tarabulus al-Gharb Viewed from the roadstead

Libya Murzuq
(or Murzuk) - Street scene in the capital of Fezzan

Italians Bomb Tripoli
Italian aircraft bomb an arab encampment in Tripolitania; after the Tripolitan war the Turks cede the country to the Italians who make it part of Libya

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