North Africa Collection (page 17)

Yellowbar angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus) Egypt, Red Sea

Bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) male, close up of eye, whilst sleeping at night. The Alternatives, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Whitebelly damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster) pair spawning / laying eggs on a seafan (Annella mollis). Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Reef and shoal of Jewel fairy basslet (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) South Point dive site, Sanganeb reef, Sudan, Red Sea

Head and gills of juvenile Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna Lewini), Kane ohe Bay, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean

House sparrow (Passer domesticus) colony in building, Northern Morocco

Ancient Egyptian Hyksos Statues from Tanis
Vintage engraving of Ancient Egyptian Hyksos Statues from Tanis

Ancient egyptian farmers herding a flock of geese
Vintage engraving of Ancient egyptian farmers herding a flock of geese

School of Bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis) gathered during the summer breeding season. Yolanda Reef, Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Close up portrait of female Lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the late afternoon, when Lionfish are more active. The Alternatives, Sha ab Mahmood, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Male Yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus) displaying, Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) feeding on soft coral (Litophyton arboreum) Nuweiba, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Chocolate-dip chromis (Chromis dimidiata) male over out of focus hard coral (Porites nodifera). Sha ab Claudia, Fury Shoal, Egypt. Red Sea

RF- Pair of Red Sea anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus) in Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica), which has closed up in the late afternoon revealing its red skirt. St Johns Reef. Egypt

Red Sea anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus) in Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica), which has closed up in the late afternoon, on coral reef under stormy seas. St Johns Reef. Egypt. Red Sea

Whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus), accompanied by Pilotfish (Naucrates ductor), swims towards the camera as it cruises beneath the surface of the Red Sea, close to Little Brother Island

Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) swimming past soft corals (Dendronephthya sp]), Red Sea, Egypt. January

RF - Young lionfish (Pterois volitans) swimming near surface hunting silversides, at dusk. Beacon Rock, Sha ab Mahmood, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Napoleon wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) portrait. Red Sea, Egypt. October

Large school of Bohar snappers (Lutjanus bohar) gather with smaller shoal of Batfish (Platax orbicularis) in open water off Ras Mohammed at the tip of Sinai, Egypt

School of Bohar snappers (Lutjanus bohar) Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Male Bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) displaying in late afternoon. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Male Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swimming in open water, Ras Katy, Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Reef octopus (Octopus cyanea) emerges from its den in a hole in a large hard coral (Porites sp)
Reef octopus (Octopus cyanea) emerges from its den in a hole in a large hard coral (Porites sp.) at sunset. Sha ab Mahmood, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Sand dunes in the Libyan desert, Sahara, Libya, North Africa, December 2007

RF - Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) pod swimming over a shallow sandy lagoon in a coral reef. Sataya Reef, Fury Shoal, Egypt. Red Sea

Roman theatre, Cyrene, Libya. Cyrene (Cyrenaica) was founded by the Ancient Greeks in c630 BC. It became a Roman city in 96 BC

The Mansur Gate in Meknes, Morocco. Artist: Rysselberghe, Theo van (1862-1926)
The Mansur Gate in Meknes, Morocco. Found in the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections

Kabyle children, North Algeria, 1912. Artist: Leroux
Kabyle children, North Algeria, 1912. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. II. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1912]

Soldiers of a French Zouave regiment between Lizarne and Boesinghe, Belgium, 24 April 1915. The Zouaves were troops from Frances colonies of Algeria and Tunisia

Street with figures in Biskra, 1922. Creator: Marius Bauer
Street with figures in Biskra, 1922

A Donkey House in Tunis, 1882. Creator: Theodor Esbern Philipsen
A Donkey House in Tunis, 1882

Chouara Tannery, Medina, Fes el Bali, Fes, Morocco, North Africa

View from Merinides tombs at sunset, Fes, Morocco, North Africa

Fes el Bali (Old Fes), Medina, view near Sidi Ahmed Tijani, Fes, Morocco, North Africa

Lone figure on dune, Erg Chigaga, Sahara Desert, Morocco, Africa

Motorcycle Endurance Race, Lake Iriki, Sahara Desert, Morocco, Africa

Motorcyclist, Erg Chigaga, Sahara Desert, Morocco, Africa

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