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British Soldiers in North Africa, 1940
A July 1940 photograph of British soldiers with an armoured car in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
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Libyan Figure Statue
An Egyptian statuette representing a Libyan or Berber. Reign of Rameses II (19th Dynasty), 1279–1213 BCE. (Louvre Museum, Paris)
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Gaddafi Wearing a Photo of Umar al-Mukhtar
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (1936-2023) welcomes Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942 - 2011) at Rome's Ciampinio airport, Italy, on 10 June 2009. Gaddafi is wearing a photograph showing the arrest of Umar al-Mukhtar (1858-1931...
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Polish Troops at the Siege of Tobruk
A photograph of Polish soldiers during the Siege of Tobruk (Apr-Dec 1941) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). Taken in September 1941. (Imperial War Museums)
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British Soldier Shaving in the Desert
A 1942 photograph of a British tank regiment soldier shaving in the desert in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
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Italian Colonial Postage Stamps
Postage stamps issued by Italy for its various African colonies between 1920 and 1941. (Private Collection)
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Helen of Troy
Helen of Troy (sometimes called Helen of Sparta) is a figure from Greek mythology whose elopement with (or abduction by) the Trojan prince Paris sparked off the Trojan War. Helen was the wife of Menelaus, the king of Sparta, and considered...
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Sea Peoples
The Sea Peoples were a confederacy of naval raiders who harried the coastal towns and cities of the Mediterranean region between c. 1276-1178 BCE, concentrating their efforts especially on Egypt. They are considered one of the major contributing...
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Canaan
Canaan was the name of a large and prosperous ancient country (at times independent, at others a tributary to Egypt) located in the Levant region of present-day Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Israel. It was also known as Phoenicia. The origin...
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Sultanate (1299-1922 as an empire; 1922-1924 as caliphate only), also referred to as the Ottoman Empire, written in Turkish as Osmanlı Devleti, was a Turkic imperial state that was conceived by and named after Osman (l. 1258-1326...
