EditorialEgypt and Nubia, Volume III: Tombs of the Caliphs-Cairo. Mosque of Ayed Be[y], 1849. Louis Haghe (British, 1806-1885), F.G.Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London, after David Roberts (British, 1796-1864). Color lithograph; sheet: 43.4 x 43 cm (17 1/16 x ...
EditorialIncense Burner with Domed Cover, 8th?9th century, Attributed to Iran, Bronze; cast, pierced, and incised, H. 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm), Metal, Incense burners like this one were popularly used in the late antique and Byzantine eastern Mediterranean, and thei...
EditorialIncense Burner with Domed Cover, 8th?9th century, Attributed to Iran, Bronze; cast, pierced, and incised, H. 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm), Metal, Incense burners like this one were popularly used in the late antique and Byzantine eastern Mediterranean, and thei...
EditorialStamp Seal, 18th century, Attributed to Turkey, Silver; cast and engraved, Ht. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm), Seals, The punctured stem of this stamp seal suggests that a well-to-do individual may have worn it as a pendant. The star includes the names of the Rash...
EditorialNew Egyptian architecture: mosque in Alexandria, white convent, and tombs of the caliphs, Cairo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tu...
EditorialBasalt tombstone of Isa B Ahmad al-Akki, Dahlak Archipe-lago, Red Sea, 1188. It is inscribed with Isa B Ahmadi al-Akki and seven of his forefathers and with verses from the Koran. The Dahlak Archipelago off Eritrea had been used as a place of exile by ...