Saharan Collection (page 2)

Leopard
The leopard(Panthera pardus) is a member of thefamilyFelidaewith a wide range insub-Saharan Africaand parts ofAsia.Date: 1903

Saharan or desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Rosita Forbes at Jaghbub crossing the Sahara Desert
Rosita Forbes (1890-1967), English travel writer and explorer at Jaghbub (a remote desert oasis village in the eastern Libyan Desert)

Oscar Lentz, from La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana of 1881 (litho)
KW349646 Oscar Lentz, from La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana of 1881 (litho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oscar Lentz (1848-1925)

Moussa Ag Amastane arriving in Paris, illustration from Le Petit Journal
XIR346353 Moussa Ag Amastane arriving in Paris, illustration from Le Petit Journal, supplement illustre, 21st August 1910 (colour litho) by French School

On the Algero-Moroccan Frontier, a French Detachment Punishing a Band of Moroccan Pillagers
XIR217550 On the Algero-Moroccan Frontier, a French Detachment Punishing a Band of Moroccan Pillagers, illustration from Le Petit Journal, 18th November 1906 (coloured engraving) by French School

SAHARAN ROCK PAINTING. Prehistoric rock painting of bi-triangluar human figures

Algerian Tuareg Man
An absolutely superb portrait photograph (reproduced on a postcard) of a Tuareg tribe of the far southeastern Algeria, deep into the Sahara. Date: 1905

French Mobile Telegraph post - Southern Tunisian Desert
French Mobile Outdoor Wireless Telegraph post - Southern Tunisian Desert - WWI era. Date: circa 1915

Tuareg Warrior - North Afrca
Tuareg Warrior (Twareg / Touareg) - North Africa. Ridng away on his camel after a successful raid - the trophy of his enemy (his head) dangles from the saddle! Date: 1880s

Midday Prayers in the desert - Algeria
An Algerian man kneels alongside his camel and undertakes his midday prayers in the direction of Mecca. Date: circa 1920s

Thick-billed Lark (Rhamphocoris clotbey) adult male, standing on dry soil, Morocco, November

Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) adult, close-up of head, wearing bridle, Morocco, November

View of desert sand dunes, Grande Dune, Erg Chebbi, Sahara Desert, Morocco, February

Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) adult, roosting on sand in desert during daytime, Morocco, March

Jebel Uweinat mountains, satellite image C016 / 9731
Jebel Uweinat mountains, satellite image. North is at top. This mountain range (peak elevation: 1934 metres) is located on the Egyptian-Sudanese-Libyan border

Withered desert plant, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1668
Withered desert plant, Egyptian Sahara

Great Sand Sea, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1667
Great Sand Sea, Egyptian Sahara. Expanse of sand forming an erg (also sand sea or dune sea, or sand sheet if it lacks dunes)

Great Sand Sea, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1665
Great Sand Sea, Egyptian Sahara. Expanse of sand forming an erg (also sand sea or dune sea, or sand sheet if it lacks dunes)

Great Sand Sea, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1666
Great Sand Sea, Egyptian Sahara. Expanse of sand forming an erg (also sand sea or dune sea, or sand sheet if it lacks dunes)

Rock archway, Egypts White Desert. This structure has been formed by wind erosion of the white chalk that forms the desert sands in this region

Rock formations, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1662
Rock formations. These formations are a type known as mushroom rocks. Photographed in the Egyptian Sahara

Clouds and rocks, Egypts White Desert. Photographed in the White Desert (Sahara el Beyda) in Western Egypts Libyan Desert, part of the Sahara

Rock formation, Egypts White Desert. This structure has been formed by wind erosion of the white chalk that forms the desert sands in this region

Moon and rocks, Egypts White Desert. Photographed in the White Desert (Sahara el Beyda) in Western Egypts Libyan Desert, part of the Sahara

Desert snake, Egypt C014 / 1656
Desert snake, Egypt

Great Sand Sea, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1653
Great Sand Sea, Egyptian Sahara. Expanse of sand forming an erg (also sand sea or dune sea, or sand sheet if it lacks dunes)

Rock formations, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1652
Rock formations. These formations are a type known as mushroom rocks. Photographed in the Egyptian Sahara

Great Sand Sea, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1655
Great Sand Sea, Egyptian Sahara. Expanse of sand forming an erg (also sand sea or dune sea, or sand sheet if it lacks dunes)

Great Sand Sea, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1651
Great Sand Sea, Egyptian Sahara. Expanse of sand forming an erg (also sand sea or dune sea, or sand sheet if it lacks dunes)

Calcite formations, Egypts White Desert. Photographed in the White Desert (Sahara el Beyda) in Western Egypts Libyan Desert, part of the Sahara

Desert minerals, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1644
Desert minerals, Egyptian Sahara. Photographed in the White Desert (Sahara el Beyda) in Western Egypts Libyan Desert, part of the Sahara

Desert minerals, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1645
Desert minerals, Egyptian Sahara. Quartz and sand grains. Photographed in the White Desert (Sahara el Beyda) in Western Egypts Libyan Desert, part of the Sahara

Desert minerals, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1643
Desert minerals, Egyptian Sahara. Photographed in the White Desert (Sahara el Beyda) in Western Egypts Libyan Desert, part of the Sahara

Desert minerals, Egyptian Sahara C014 / 1642
Desert minerals, Egyptian Sahara. Photographed in the White Desert (Sahara el Beyda) in Western Egypts Libyan Desert, part of the Sahara

Rock formations, Egypts White Desert. These structures have been formed by wind erosion of the white chalk that forms the desert sands in this region

Desert photography at dusk C014 / 1639
Desert photography at dusk. Silhouetted photographer and rock formations at sunset in the Egyptian Sahara. Photographed in the White Desert (Sahara el Beyda) in Western Egypts Libyan Desert

Rock paintings, Algerian Sahara C014 / 1633
Rock paintings of animals, including giraffes, in the Algerian Sahara. The variation in climate in North Africa over the past 12

Rock formations, Algerian Sahara C014 / 1638
Rock formations, Algerian Sahara. Photographed in the El-Ghessour area in the Hoggar Mountains, a highland region of the central Sahara, located in southern Algeria

Agama lizard, Algerian Sahara C014 / 1637
Agama lizard. Photographed in the Algerian Sahara

Rock painting, Algerian Sahara C014 / 1635
Rock painting, Algerian Sahara. The variation in climate in North Africa over the past 12, 000 years has had a profound effect on human occupation and subsistence

Desert plants, Algerian Sahara C014 / 1632
Desert plants. Photographed in the Algerian Sahara

Rock formations, Algerian Sahara C014 / 1636
Rock formations, Algerian Sahara. Photographed in the Hoggar Mountains, a highland region of the central Sahara, located in southern Algeria

Desert dunes and rocks, Algerian Sahara C014 / 1634
Desert dunes and rocks, Algerian Sahara. Photographed near Tin Akscheker in the Hoggar Mountains, a highland region of the central Sahara, located in southern Algeria

Rock formations, Algerian Sahara C014 / 1631
Rock formations, Algerian Sahara. Photographed at Tahaggart, in the Tassili Hoggar, part of the Hoggar Mountains, a highland region of the central Sahara, located in southern Algeria

Guide in desert canyon, Algerian Sahara C014 / 1629
Guide in desert canyon, Algerian Sahara. Photographed in the El-Ghessour area in the Hoggar Mountains, a highland region of the central Sahara, located in southern Algeria

Rock painting, Algerian Sahara C014 / 1624
Rock painting, Algerian Sahara. The variation in climate in North Africa over the past 12, 000 years has had a profound effect on human occupation and subsistence

Desert dunes and rocks, Algerian Sahara C014 / 1630
Desert dunes and rocks, Algerian Sahara. Photographed near Tin Akscheker in the Hoggar Mountains, a highland region of the central Sahara, located in southern Algeria

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