Social sphere and everyday life (1806 Subjects)
The base of a gigantic column near Syracuse.
View at Villa Scabrosa, Catania, Sicily.
Island of Stromboli.
View of the port of Latakia, the ancient Laodicea.
The mosque built on the site of the temple of Dionysus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).
View of the mosque built on the site of the temple of Bacchus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).
The Tetraporticon or Arch of Septimius Severus at Latakia (ancient Laodicea).
The cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa in Tartus, Syria.
A building near Tartus, Syria.
A fountain on Amrit river, south of Tartus in Syria.
A monumental building on the coasts of Syria, possibly a Roman funerary monument between Tartus and Amrit, to the south of Tartus.
A monumental building on the coasts of Syria, possibly a Roman funerary monument between Tartus and Amrit, to the south of Tartus.
A monumental building between Tartus in Syria and Tripoli in Lebanon.
Phoenician funerary monuments in the necropolis of Amrit, south of Tartus, Syria.
Phoenician funerary monuments in the necropolis of Amrit, south of Tartus, Syria.
The castle of Arwad on Arwad island.
The port of Pythagoreion on Samos island.
A market in Jerusalem.
A sarcophagus from the Tombs of the Kings complex outside Jerusalem.
View of Bethlehem.
Cotton-scutching device used in the Ottoman empire.
A “valistra”, surgical tool used for blood-letting, in Athens and other parts of modern-day Greece.
Scene at a public bath, possibly in Istanbul.
Open-air praying site; such sites existed on all big commercial routes in the Ottoman Empire.
Muslim children in their circumcision costume. Animals destined to be sacrificed on the day of Kurban Bayram.
Rites of passage in the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp, Istanbul.
Official prayer to celebrate the Birth of Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid) in the presence of the Sultan and other supreme officials, at the mosque of Sultan Ahmed, Istanbul.
The public library of Sultan Abdul Hamid I in Istanbul.
The public library of Grand Vizier Recip Paşa in Istanbul.
The Grand Vizier offers dinner (Ifter) to other Ottoman officials during the Ramadan.