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The city of Minya in Egypt.

The village of Foueh on the Nile.

The Mosque of Mahmudiyah (Mahmud Pasha) and the gate to the Citadel of Cairo.

The Mosque of Kalaoum in Cairo.

Snapshot from the Greek quarter of Smyrna.

Pompey's Pillar, shewing the mode by which some English Sailors first gained an ascent to the capital of the Column.

Portara (Gate of the temple of Apollo) in Naxos. The city and port in the background.

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens.

The temple of Apollo in ancient Corinth.

The fortress of Ali Pasha in Gjirokastër.

View of the castle of Berat and of a Muslim cemetery on the banks of Apsus river.

Fortifications on the outskirts of Prëmet, Albania. Muslim cemetery. Bridge over Vsösé river.

Castle Sant' Angelo, Corfu.

Sultan Mustafa I enters Istanbul after the signing of the Karlowitz treaty.

Valens aqueduct in Istanbul. Ancient coins.

Greek wedding in Edirne (imaginary representation).

View of the Kampos in the early 19th century. Watercolour by Sir William Gell, in author's collection.

Detail from panorama of town of Chios. From an edition of the Voyages of Cornelis de Bruyn, Delft, 1698.

Women's costumes from Chios, 1782. From: Choiseul-Gouffier “Voyage Pittoresque de la Grèce”, Paris, M.DCC.LXXXII [1782]

Costumes from Pyrgi, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Costumes from Elata, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Costumes from Vessa, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Women's costume from Kardamyla, Chios. Illustration published by A. Karavas; drawing by Phrixus Aristefs, in author's collection.

Costumes from Volissos, Chios. Original gouache in author's collection.

Plan of the Erechtheion.

Reconstruction of the Erechtheion. View from the northwest.

The Erechtheion: Front elevation of the angular capitals of the columns to the side portico.

Architectural feature of the Erechtheion.

Architectural feature of the Erechtheion.

Sima over the entrance of the Erechtheion.

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