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Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria

Nile Sunset Panorama, Egypt

Temple of Bel, Palmyra, Syria

Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. Taken after an unusually heavy summer downpour, the...

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Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. A spectacular summer sunset over the River Nile, near to Kom Ombo in...

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Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. Depicted is a panorama of the ruins of the Temple of Bel,...

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Seasonal lake, Sahara Desert, Morocco

Kom Ombo Temple, Egypt

The Moon rises over Saudi Arabia

Copyright © 2006, Simon Purdy. Recent rains have formed a lake amongst the dunes near Erg Chebbi,...

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Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. Detail on a pillar at Kom Ombo Temple, Egypt. Prints can be sent...

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Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. Taken using a slow exposure, the moon is seen trying to...

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The White Desert, Egypt

Trajan's Kiosk at Philae Temple, Aswan, Egypt

Stage of the Amphitheatre, Palmyra, Syria

Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. Looking as if the Sahara has met Antarctica, small deposits of sand...

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Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. Also known as "Pharaoh's Bed", Trajan's Kiosk was the...

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Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. The Amphitheatre dates from the 1st or 2nd Century A.D, originally...

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Camel surveying Mt Sinai, Egypt

Window to the Pyramids, Giza, Egypt

The Treasury Building, Petra, Jordan

Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. A camel overlooks the valley beneath the summit of the legendary Mt....

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Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. The Great Pyramid, framed by the window of a police post, on the...

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Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. Designated one of the "New Wonders of the World", Petra is...

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Sunset over the ruins, Palmyra, Syria

View to the Treasury, Petra, Jordan

The Blue Mosque at dusk, Istanbul, Turkey

Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. The ruins at the entrance to Palmyra are silhouetted as the sun...

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Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. A chariot thunders through the narrow canyon away from the Treasury...

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Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. The sun sets over Istanbul's Blue Mosque on the 31st of August,...

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Rose on the Bosphorous, Istanbul, Turkey

Sunrise over Palmyra, Syria

The Monastery at Petra, Jordan

Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. A red rose overlooks the Bosphorous, towards the Asian shores of...

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Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. The sun rises over the Roman ruins at Palmrya, Syria. Prints can...

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Copyright © 2008, Simon Purdy. The view of the Monastery at Petra, as seen from a secluded cave...

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