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Our last trip in 2018 was our Pure Persia photo tour to Iran, and it’s been an amazing mix of landscape, culture and architecture photography - by far the most diverse trip we’ve ever run.
And what a trip it was. Sure, the landscapes are incredible and the architecture is mind blowing, but what has made the biggest impression on me, are the people. Iranians are by far the friendliest and most welcoming people I have ever encountered on my travels.
Many of those Iranians are part of the Flickr community, and the amount of welcome messages I have received from them is heartwarming and humbling. Some of you have even tried to meet up with me in Iran. Everywhere I go, Iranians welcome me to their country, their city or their home. To all Iranians: thank you for an unforgettable experience.
This image is part of a series of four that won me a Bronze Award in the @oneeyeland competition.
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The Siq (Arabic: السيق, transliterated al-Sīq, transcribed as-Sīq,[a] literally 'the Shaft') is the main entrance to the ancient Nabatean city of Petra in southern Jordan. Also known as Siqit, the main entrance in Petra is a dim, narrow gorge (in some points no more than 3 metres (10 ft) wide) winds its way approximately 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) and ends at Petra's most elaborate ruin, Al Khazneh (the Treasury). A wide valley outside leading to the Siq is known as the Bab as-Sīq (Gateway to the Siq).
Unlike slot canyons like Antelope Canyon, which are directly shaped by water, the Siq is a natural geological fault split apart by tectonic forces; only later was it worn smooth by water. The walls that enclose the Siq stand between 91–182 metres (299–597 ft) in height.]
The entrance to the Siq contains a huge dam, reconstructed in 1963 and again in 1991, designed to bar the mouth of the Siq and reroute the waters of Wadi Musa. The dam is a fairly true reconstruction of what the Nabataeans did to control Wadi Musa between the 1st century BC and the beginning of the 1st century AD. The entrance also contains the remnants of a monumental arch, of which only the two abutments and some hewn stones of the arch itself have survived. The arch collapsed in 1896 following an earthquake, but its appearance is known from the lithographs of Matthew Boulby and David Roberts.
The Siq was used as the grand caravan entrance into Petra. Along both walls of the fissure are a number of votive niches containing baetyli, which suggest that the Siq was sacred to the Nabatean people. In 1998, a group of statues were uncovered when digging was conducted to lower the road by more than six feet. Although the upper part is greatly eroded, it is still possible to recognise the figures of two merchants, each leading two camels. The figures are almost twice lifesize.
Along the Siq are some underground chambers, the function of which has not yet been clarified. The possibility that they were tombs has been excluded, and archaeologists find it difficult to believe that they were dwellings. The majority consensus is that they housed the guards that defended the main entrance to Petra.
Un désert de sables qui vient flirter avec la mer, un nom qui est celui de la tribu des Wahiba qui le peuplait, une belle superficie de 150 km de long sur 90 km de large, des dunes de plus de 100 m de haut, un océan de couleurs jaune et orange !
Jerash is the capital and the largest city of Jerash Governorate, Jordan, with a population of 50,745 as of 2015. Located 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of the capital of Jordan, Amman.
The history of the city is a blend of the Greco-Roman world of the Mediterranean Basin and the ancient traditions of the Arab Orient. The name of the city reflects this interaction. The earliest Arab/Semitic inhabitants, who lived in the area during the pre-classical period of the 1st millennium BCE, named their village Garshu. The Romans later Hellenized the former Arabic name of Garshu into Gerasa. Later, the name transformed into the Arabic Jerash.
The city flourished until the mid-eighth century CE, when the 749 Galilee earthquake destroyed large parts of it, while subsequent earthquakes (847 Damascus earthquake) contributed to additional destruction. However, In the early 12th century, by the year 1120, Zahir ad-Din Toghtekin, atabeg of Damascus ordered a garrison of forty men stationed in Jerash to convert the Temple of Artemis into a fortress. It was captured in 1121 by Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem, and utterly destroyed.
Jerash was then deserted until it reappeared in the Ottoman tax registers in the 16th century. It had a population of 12 households in 1596. However, the archaeologists have found a small Mamluk hamlet in the Northwest Quarter which indicates that Jerash was resettled before the Ottoman era. The excavations conducted since 2011 have shed light on the Middle Islamic period as recent discoveries have uncovered a large concentration of Middle Islamic/Mamluk structures and pottery.
In 1806, the German traveler, Ulrich Jasper Seetzen, came across and wrote about the ruins he recognized. In 1885, the Ottoman authorities directed the Circassian immigrants who were mainly of peasant stock to settle in Jerash, and distributed arable land among them.
The ancient city has been gradually revealed through a series of excavations which commenced in 1925, and continue to this day.
Uçhisar Castle, Cappadocia, Turkey. Sadly, it was not allowed to go inside to explore the many tunnels and rooms. Back in the day, this would have been considered 'Urban living'.
Rollei 35SE (Singapore), Rollei HFT Sonnar 40mm f/2.8
Adox Silvermax 100 @ box (frozen expired)
Microphen stock 11' 30" @ 20C (4th use)
Nikon Coolscan 5000ED
bivouac et réveil tôt le matin dans le désert du Wadi Rum
Situé au sud de la Jordanie, à 2 h de Pétra, le Wadi Rum est un désert pas comme les autres, habillé de rouge, de jaune, de blanc qu’embrasent et magnifient des levers et des couchers de soleil d’anthologie. Le sable y dispute l’espace à de magnifiques formations de grès marquées par les rides lointaines des poussées géologiques.
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The Roman Theater in Amman.
Amman's Roman Theatre is a 6,000-seat, 2nd-century Roman theatre. A famous landmark in the Jordanian capital, it dates back to the Roman period when the city was known as Philadelphia. The theatre and the nearby Odeon are flanking the new Hashemite Plaza from the south and the east respectively, while the Roman Nymphaeum is just a short stroll away in south-westerly direction.
The theatre was built during the reign of Antonius Pius (138-161 CE). The large and steeply raked structure could seat about 6,000 people: built into the hillside, it was oriented north to keep the sun off the spectators.
It was divided into three horizontal sections (diazomata). Side entrances (paradoi) existed at ground level, one leading to the orchestra and the other to the stage. Rooms behind these entrances now house the Jordan Museum of Popular Tradition on the one side, and the Jordan Folklore Museum on the other side.
The highest section of seats in a theatre, known in British English as "the gods", even though far from the stage, offer here excellent sightlines, while the actors can be clearly heard, owing to the steepness of the cavea.
The theatre is now used as a venue for cultural activities including the Amman International Book Fair, the Amman Marathon prize ceremony, and musical concerts, most notably the Al-Balad Music Festival.
Pilgrim portrait in Pushkar in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is one of the oldest existing cities of India. It lies on the shore of Pushkar Lake.The date of its actual origin is not known, but legend associates Brahma with its creation and is one of the five sacred dhams (pilgrimage site) for devout Hindus.
The world of the dead
The underworld … is one particular version of the realm of the dead, known mainly from New Kingdom royal tombs; as in most religious domains, there were many alternatives. Conceptions of the afterlife of the king, who was held to join the gods in the realm of the stars, seem initially to have been different from those for the rest of humanity, although they came to be diffused among more and more people. Whatever one’s destiny, it was by no means assured. The afterlife was full of dangers, which were mostly to be overcome magically.
The starting point for all these ideas was the tomb. The Egyptians’ unparalleled expenditure of elite resources on burial evidently served in part to enhance the tomb owner’s prestige while he was alive, but this was a sideline to the ultimate purpose. The deceased might continue to exist in and around the tomb, or could travel through the afterworld. The aim was to identify with gods, in particular Osiris, or to become a transfigured spirit and participate in the solar cycle as a member of the “bark of millions.”
The bark is never shown with its vast complement, possibly because human beings were excluded from the type of pictorial material in which it occurs. Both these latter destinies may originally have been restricted to the king: Old Kingdom non-royal texts refer to “walking on the perfect ways of the west (the realm of the dead).”
from
John Baines and Jaromir Malek, Atlas of Ancient Egypt (Revised Edition) (Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2002), pp. 217-218.
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Shuwaikh (Arabic: الشويخ) is a part industrial and part rural area within the Al-Asimah governorate in the country of Kuwait. The majority of Kuwait's ports and several offices reside in the area.
Evening ride at Al-Shuwaik beach in Shuwaik Port, few moments after sunset.
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Oman - Wadi Bani Awf.
Wadi Bani Awf is a wadi (gorge) in the Ad Dakhiliyah Region of Oman. All Al-Aufi people are originally from Wadi Bani Auf.
beautiful stone architechture in light dusk,
spring season
overlooking the walls, from the yemin mosheh quarter
jerusalem, israel
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Dating from the 1st and 2nd century AD, these Tower Tombs were one of the many impressive sights to be found at Syria's most famous tourist attraction.
In addition to the complete lack of regard for human life, ISIS/ISIL had no respect for the culture and history of the areas they invaded. This picture is of one of the Tower Tombs in the Valley of The Tombs at Palymra, The taller towers were dynamited by ISIS/ISIL in 2015, I'm unsure if the shorter towers in this photo survived or not.
Some of Palmyra will no doubt be restored back to it's former grandeur but I fear these towering sandstone monuments dating from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD are lost for good.
Picture taken in 2004.
Yearly event commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem in the aftermath of the Six Day War of 1967, in which Israel regained control over their holiest sites. Main part of the day is the Dance and Flag Parade, concentrated in and around Jaffa Street. Some 70.000 people from all over Israel and the world joined in the celebrations.
photo by Fouad Elkoury
Image on asphalt Beirut - 1991
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TOUS, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran — A sculpture under the mausoleum to the medieval Iranian poet Ferdowsi in Tous. The wall decoration illustrates a scene of the renowned 10th century Shahnameh epic of Ferdowsi in which the Iranian archetypal hero Rostam fights and defeats the Div-e Sefid (White Demon or Devil), which represents the fight of Iranians against an invading evil from the north.
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