Biskra Gallery

Passage of Col de Sfa in Biskra, Algeria

Nomads stand with their camels whilst travelling through the passage Col de Sfa in the deserts of Biskra, Algeria. Biskra was a French garrison town, known for its Saharan oasis. Date: circa 1910s

© The Roseries Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

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Market, Algeria

The fruit market at Biskra - a place for socialising as well as stocking the larder. Date: 1906

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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A dancer in Biskra, Algeria, 1922.Artist: Crete

A dancer in Biskra, Algeria, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire, edited by JA Hammerton and published by the Educational Book Company (London, 1922)

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