An informal cloth market in front of the Chain Gat...
View of the Tomb of Sitt Tunshuq on Aqabat al-Taki...
Stone carvings on the street façade of the tomb of...
Ribbed vault in the interior of the Friday Mosque ...
Vaulted bays in the southern interior of the Frida...
Brick surface in the Friday mosque adorned by lett...
Southwest Iwan seen from across the courtyard of t...
Vaulted bays in the southwestern hypostyle area of...
View of the northwest iwan in the courtyard of the...
The southeast iwan and its internal vault, which i...
Looking through the iwan portal leading into the c...
View of the courtyard of one of the madrasas. -MA
View of Shaykh Lutfallah Mosque (alternately Shayk...
Lattice window inside the interior of the Shaykh L...
View of the south iwan of Chahar Bagh Madrasa acro...
An axial view of the courtyard of the Chahar Bagh ...
View of the dome and arcade of the Chahar Bagh Mad...
A view of the south iwan of the Chahar Bagh Madras...
A reflection of the two stories of rooms in the po...
Closer look at the entrance to the mausoleum (also...
The entrance to the mausoleum in the previous imag...
Geometric and vegetal patterns adorning a wall in ...
A view of the courtyard preceding the domed tomb c...
Close view of one of the entrances of the west faç...
View of the facade outside the prayer hall, showca...
View inside the hypostyle prayer hall, featuring d...
View looking down the arcade outside the prayer ha...
Another closer view of the minaret of the mosque t...
The entrance lying at the base of the minaret of t...
Wide view of the southeastern section of the arcad...
Wide view of the city of Kairouan. This view and D...
In the streets of Kairouan. -MA
The facade of the Mosque of Three Doors, built in ...
Close view of a section of the Aghlabid basins.
Wide view of Sousse, a city in Tunisia and the cap...
Looking at the outer walls of the Medina of Sousse...
Exquisite stone work in the Medina of Sousse, exem...
In the Medina of Sousse.
A side view of "the almost completely restored sce...
Exquisite relief sculpture at the Sabratha theater...
An ambulatory inside the Sabratha Theatre, covered...
A street in the ruins at Sabratha. -MA
Corinthian columns in the remains of the Forum at ...
A view from the northern end of the ancient city. ...
A close look at the archway of the fourth-century ...
Row of elegant Corinthian columns in the Sabratha ...
Waters of the Mediterranean sea bordering Sabratha...
The four-way arch of Marcus Aurelius, used by the ...
In the streets of Tripoli. -MA
An arcade bordering the central courtyard of a mos...
The part of the mosque which Urdu speakers in Sout...
A view from inside the central courtyard of the mo...
Elegant columns of the Ionic order, situated along...
The arched entrance to the frigidarium in the Hadr...
Columns with Corinthian capitals in the Hadrianic ...
Another section of the "most ornate pilaster" affi...
Red granite columns in the Basilica of Leptis Magn...
Columns with Ionic capitals in the "the two-celled...
The steps of the theater at Lepcis Magna, "dated b...
Marble sculpture in the Market at Leptis Magna. Th...
Doric colonnade in the Caesareum at Cyrene.
A section of the one of the four theater buildings...
Rock-cut tomb at Cyrene.
General view of Cyrene.
A fifth century in Appolonia, the port city of Cyr...
Closeup of the columns in the East Church of Apoll...
View from inside the Governor's Palace of Apolloni...
The remaining two of the impressive stone arches t...
An ambulatory in the palace complex surrounding su...
The famous step pyramid in the funerary complex of...
Papyrus half-columns in the funerary complex of Ki...
A distant view of the famous Bent Pyramid of Snefe...
View of the Northern Pyramid, lying close by the B...
A large alabaster Sphinx excavated in Memphis.
Distant view of the three pyramids at Giza, "the s...
View of the Pyramid of Khafre, the best preserved ...
Hypostyle hall in the Valley Temple of Khafre, sit...
A view of the Nile river in approximately mid-twen...
A wide view of the historic Citadel in Cairo.
A wall segment in the Al-Azhar mosque containing a...
The "Gate of Sultan Qaytbay 1469/873, a superb exa...
Locals resting and reading in the shade provided b...
The façade of the "congregational mosque-madrasa b...
In the streets of Cairo. -MA
Street vendors selling their wares in the street p...
One of the exterior faces of the Mosque of Sayidna...
The Bab (Arabic for gate) Zuwayla, one of "the thr...
The area in front of the Bab Zuwayla (See E.047 fo...
An elevated arcade resting on columns inside the M...
The mihrab and minbar of the Mosque of al-Fakahani...
Four young denizens of Cairo, two of them offering...
A view of the spiraling minaret of the Ibn Tulun m...
Peering through a network of elegant pointed arche...
Another look at a segment of the central courtyard...
A view of one of the exterior faces of the histori...
A view of the pylon from within the sanctuary lyin...
Closer look at the columns in the temple's sanctua...
Closer look at the columns and part of the pylon i...
The entrance to the courtyard of the temple with a...
Giant columns covered in relief in one of the hall...
The ambulatory surrounding the central structure b...
"The Building Texts inscribed on the outer girdle-...
View of a wall in the Temple of Horus inscribed wi...
Safavid period decoration inside the Masjid-e-Ali.
This freestanding tomb tower was built for an Alid...
Interior of the Imamzadeh Baba Qasim, showing heav...
The Imamzadeh Baba Qasim is almost contemporaneous...
One of the only surviving monuments of the tenth c...
The tri-partite semi-dome at the top of the portal...
View of the bridge from one of the pavilions.
Two lion statues face each other at each end of th...
View of the portal screen in relation to the dome ...
View of the northwest iwan of the Friday Mosque at...
A view of the mihrab in polychrome relief stucco. ...
View through damaged hallway at the Friday Mosque ...
Interior view of vaults at the Friday Mosque of Sa...
A view of the site of the Taq-e-Bostan, tucked awa...
A view of the larger iwan, dating from the fifth c...
Rock relief in the central iwan, showing the inves...
Detail of Khosrow II receiving the royal diadem wh...
Detailed relief of the boar hunting scene, on the ...
Stone relief of wild boars fleeing from the elepha...
Stone relief of Khosrow II coolly taking his aim a...
Stone relief of the royal hunt, showing the elepha...
A view of the “Patio de los Naranjos” or “Courtyar...
A view of the “Door of the Prince” of the Seville ...
Looking through a horse-shoe arch at the Seville C...
This is the Puerta del Perdón at the Seville Cathe...
The Alcazar of Seville (derived from the Arabic al...
A house in the Juderia, Seville, with a classical-...
A view of the Roman bridge of Cordoba, built aroun...
A view of the ‘Alminar’ (from the Arabic minar) at...
The Puerta de la Grada Redonda on the east façade ...
Yet another image of a section of the colonnade in...
A street in Cordoba, Spain.
A street in Cordoba. The tower of the Mezquita or ...
An old entrance, Cordoba, Spain. The blind niches ...
A grill looking into the courtyard of a house on a...
Along the streets of Cordoba, Spain.
Looking on to the Alhambra from the town, Granada,...
The ‘Puerta del Vino’ or ‘Wine Gate,’ leading into...
A close-up view of the Puerta del Vino or ‘Wine Ga...
A view of the Vermillion Towers (Torres Bermejas) ...
A view of the Machuca Garden, named after Pedro Ma...
A private prayer room adjoining the Mexuar Hall, w...
Looking towards the courtyard of the Comares palac...
Stucco work gracing the capitals and spandrels of ...
Lavishly decorated arches and soffits around the C...
One of the seven-arched porticoes in the Court of ...
A view into the Court of the Lions. About this bui...
The famous fountain in the Court of the Lions. The...
A portico in the Court of the Lions. About this bu...
There are more than a hundred of these elegant col...
A lamp niche in the Alhambra in the north end of t...
Muqarnas or stalactite vaulting in the Mocarabes c...
A pilaster with an elaborate stucco background on ...
Looking towards the Court of the Lions through a p...
Stucco-decoration in a side-room flanking the Coma...
A window in one of the Nasrid palaces of the Alham...
Looking at the city of Granada through a horse-sho...
Entranceway to the palace of Charles V in the Alha...
The Charles V Fountain was designed by Pedro Machu...
The peristyle circular courtyard in the palace of ...
