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| 1999 10 22 |
Turkey |
TopkapÔ Palace: inside the harem |
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| 1999 10 22 |
Turkey |
Mosaic inside Aya Sofya (12th century): Empress Zoe, Constantine Monomachus, and Christ |
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| 1999 10 31 |
Turkey |
Fresco at Aya Sofya Church, Trabzon |
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| 1999 11 06 |
Turkey |
Eski G¸m¸sler Monastery |
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| 1999 11 08 |
Turkey |
Fresco from church in Gˆreme, Cappadocia |
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| 1999 11 12 |
Turkey |
Bursa -- details of tiles in a tomb |
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| 2000 01 25 |
Iran |
Ceiling in the Ali Qapu palace |
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| 2000 01 25 |
Iran |
Detail inside the Masjed-e-Emam |
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| 2000 01 30 |
Iran |
Achaemenid sculpture at Persepolis (3) |
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| 2000 02 02 |
Iran |
Masjid-i-Pa-Minar, Kerman --- tiles (1) |
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| 2000 02 02 |
Iran |
Masjid-i-Pa-Minar, Kerman --- tiles (2) |
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| 2000 02 02 |
Iran |
Masjid-i-Pa-Minar, Kerman --- tiles (3) |
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| 2000 02 03 |
Iran |
Tiled multiple vault over eivan at entrance to Imam Reza Mosque, Yazd |
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| 2000 02 20 |
Uzbekistan |
Detail from the Mir-i-Arab Medresseh, Bukhara |
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| 2000 02 23 |
Uzbekistan |
Dome of a mosque in Khiva |
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| 2000 02 23 |
Uzbekistan |
Tiles and woodwork in Khiva |
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| 2000 02 23 |
Uzbekistan |
Tiles in Khiva |
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| 2000 02 23 |
Uzbekistan |
Ceiling in Khiva (1) |
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| 2000 02 23 |
Uzbekistan |
Ceiling in Khiva (2) |
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| 2000 02 24 |
Uzbekistan |
Detail of exterior decoration of the Sher Dor medresseh, Samarkand |
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| 2000 02 24 |
Uzbekistan |
Tillah Kari medresseh, Samarkand --- detail |
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| 2000 02 24 |
Uzbekistan |
Samarkand --- newly-restored ceiling above Timur's tomb |
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| 2000 02 25 |
Uzbekistan |
Detail from the restored tomb of Timur's eldest son Jehangir (1375), Shakrisabz |
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| 2000 02 26 |
Uzbekistan |
Detail from a tomb in Shahi-Zinda, Samarkand |
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| 2000 03 01 |
Uzbekistan |
Woodwork inside the Khan of Kokand's 19th-century palace |
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| 2000 03 23 |
China |
Detail from a Buddhist temple in Five Springs Park, Lanzhou |
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| 2000 03 23 |
China |
Upturned eaves at the corner of a building in Lanzhou |
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| 2000 03 25 |
China |
Detail of woodwork on the Big Goose Pagoda, Xi'an |
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| 2000 06 03 |
China |
A dragon in the Nine Dragon Screen at Beihai Park |
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| 2000 07 13 |
China |
Detail from a lintel at a temple on Pingdushan above the Yangzi River |
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| 2000 10 03 |
Mongolia |
Woodwork at the last Boghd Khan's temples at the edge of Ulaan Baatar |
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| 2000 10 04 |
Mongolia |
Sunlight on a partly frozen stream at Terelj, a beauty spot near UB |
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| 2000 10 04 |
Mongolia |
Autumn leaves at Terelj |
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| 2000 10 05 |
Mongolia |
A decorated beam at the only remaining temple at the Manzhusir Khiid monastery |
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| 2000 11 02 |
China |
Detail at the Confucius temple in Qufu |
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| 2000 11 11 |
China |
Temple on Longevity Hill in the Summer Palace |
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| 2001 01 30 |
China |
Detail inside the temple in Kaifeng |
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| 2001 02 09 |
China |
Ceiling inside the prayer hall at the monastery above Jianzha |
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| 2001 02 13 |
China |
Flying figures in a Western Wei dynasty cave at Mogao |
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| 2001 02 13 |
China |
A Bodhisattva from an early Tang dynasty cave at Mogao |
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| 2001 02 13 |
China |
Meditating Bodhisattva in an early Tang cave at Mogao |
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| 2001 02 13 |
China |
Detail of head portion of the Buddha's Parinirvana in a mid-Tang cave at Mogao |
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| 2001 02 13 |
China |
Apsaras and lotus flowers on the ceiling of an early Tang cave at Mogao |
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| 2001 02 13 |
China |
Attendant Bodhisattva from an early Tang cave at Mogao |
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| 2001 02 15 |
China |
A restored wall panel inside the mosque at the Tombs of the Muslim Kings of Hami |
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| 2001 02 15 |
China |
A less-recently restored section inside the Hami Muslim kings' mosque |
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| 2001 02 15 |
China |
Detail on the wall of the mosque at the tomb of the Muslim kings |
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| 2001 08 01 |
Turkey |
Greek text at Aya Sofya |
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| 2001 08 01 |
Turkey |
Mosaic at Aya Sofya |
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| 2001 08 02 |
Turkey |
Topkapi tiles |
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| 2001 09 18 |
Turkey |
17th century Iznik tiles on the wall of the Sultaniye Cami |
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| 2001 09 18 |
Turkey |
More Turkish tiles - this time on an octagonal pillar |
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| 2001 09 19 |
Thailand |
Well-contrasting tiles on the wall of the XXX temple |
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| 2001 09 19 |
Thailand |
Curved and brightly coloured tiles on the XXX temple wall |
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| 2001 09 19 |
Thailand |
A mother of pearl inlaid door to the prayer hall of the XXX temple |
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| 2001 09 19 |
Thailand |
Detail from the XXX temple wall |
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| 2001 09 20 |
Thailand |
Finely painted wall running beneath the huge reclining buddha |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
Symbolic eaves at Amarbayasgalant |
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| 2002 08 12 |
Mongolia |
One of Amarbayasgalant's ceilings |
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| 2002 08 16 |
Mongolia |
Ceiling at the Bogd Khan's palace |
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| 2003 02 15 |
Syria |
The bottom of the camel mosaic, which I first photographed in December 1999 |
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| 2003 02 17 |
Syria |
I found where Ibrahim had written our names together in chalk |
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| 2003 02 17 |
Syria |
A restored ceiling inside the citadel |
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| 2003 02 19 |
Syria |
Decorative porch ceiling in one of Aleppo's fine houses |
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| 2003 02 21 |
Syria |
Beauty for the glory of God |
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| 2003 03 04 |
Syria |
Minaret of the Umayyad Mosque |
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| 2003 03 07 |
Syria |
Tiles at a small prayer hall at the Tekkiye Mosque complex |
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| 2003 03 07 |
Syria |
More fine tiles at the Tekkiye Mosque |
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| 2003 04 13 |
Thailand |
At Wat Arun, porcelain is embedded in walls Ö |
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| 2003 04 13 |
Thailand |
... and in the pillars at the entrances to the temple halls |
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| 2003 04 13 |
Thailand |
Apples and bowls embedded in the wall at Wat Arun - Temple of Dawn |
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| 2003 07 29 |
Syria |
A decorative ceiling at the Umayyad Mosque |
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