HISTORICAL MAPS

A detailed historic map of Sierra Leone, 1913. Repuplic of Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa. In 1913 it was a British colony. Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries

A historical map of the most powerful Turkic Empires in 13th Century. In 1405, Ottoman Turks in Minor Asia, Anatolia and Balkans. Mamluk Sultanate in Middle East , Egypt and North Africa Timurid Empire in Iran, Afghanistan, the Caucasus, Mesopotamia and much of Central Asia. Source: Silk Road Seattle, UW

Who were living in Middle East 2,500 years ago? An interesting historical map that shows us how the Orient looked like in very ancient times. Egypt Empire , Babylonia, Assyria, Phoenician settlements, Mycenean civilisation. Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries

A collection of photographs from Cairo to Constantinople. The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace Friday, 7 November 2014 to Sunday, 22 February 2015 More info : royalcollection.org.uk This exhibition follows the journey taken by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in 1862, as he undertook a four month tour around the Middle East. Seen through the photographs of Francis Bedford (1815-94), the first photographer to travel on a royal tour, it explores the cultural and political significance Victorian Britain attached to the region, which was then as complex and contested as it remains today. The tour took the Prince to Egypt, Palestine and the Holy Land, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Greece where he met rulers, politicians and other notable figures, and travelled in a manner not associated with royalty – by horse and camping out in tents. On the royal party’s return to England , Francis Bedford’s work was displayed in what was described as ‘the most important photo...

Norwegian Village Girls 1890 This photograph was taken in Jølster, Norway 130 years ago. A beautiful black & white photograph of Axel Lindahl, a Swedish photographer, tells us alot about how Norwegian village girls looked like in the end of 1800's. Oat was one of the most important food for Scandinavian peoples. And the farmers were harvesting it by hand. See: Women in Fiji 1935 Havreskjering på Fossheim i Jølster -  Axel Lindahl/Norwegian Museum of Cultural History)