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Picturesque Palestine Arabia and Syria
Hardcover
General Middle EastGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryGeneral Photography
ISBN13: 9781025383590
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Picturesque Palestine Arabia and Syria is a comprehensive visual exploration of the Middle East during the early 20th century. Through the lens of Karl Gröber, this work captures the architectural grandeur, diverse landscapes, and daily life of regions that held profound historical and religious significance. The collection features detailed photographs documenting the ancient ruins, bustling cityscapes, and serene rural environments of Palestine, Arabia, and Syria.
It serves as an invaluable ethnographic and historical record, showcasing the cultural heritage and social fabric of the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula before the transformative shifts of the mid-century. Gröber's lens focuses on the intricate details of sacred sites, traditional attire, and the timeless beauty of the desert and Mediterranean coasts. This volume is an essential resource for historians, travelers, and those interested in the photographic preservation of the Middle East's rich past. It offers a unique window into a world of transition, blending the majesty of antiquity with the lived reality of the 1920s.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
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