Middle East Image Collections
ADIAS: Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey
The Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS), part of the Abu Dhabi Culture and Heritage Authority, carries out archaeological surveys and, excavates on the coast and islands of Abu Dhabi. ADIAS has identified over a thousand sites or groups of sites on the coast and islands of Abu Dhabi. This website includes excellent photographs of many of sites and objects excavated by the project team.
Afghanistan : Harrison Forman Collection
This photographic collection documents the life and culture of Afghanistan in the late 1960s. The online collection consists of 174 images selected from a set of 733 slides of Afghanistan in the Harrison Forman Photographic Collection housed at the American Geographical Society Collection.
AkaKurdistan
Based on Susan Meiselas’s 1997 book 'Kurdistan, in the Shadow of History'. Includes images of Kurdistan, with accompanying text, arranged along a timeline.
Archaeology in Jordan: including Petra and the Nabateans
Archaeological sites and monuments in Jordan with many photographs, images and essays.
Coptic Network Picture Archive
Provides Coptic icons and other images.
Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Islamic art collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with extensive text.
Islamic Culture and the Medical Art
Online documents for the U.S. National Library of Medicine exhibition celebrating the achievements of the medical profession in Islamic culture from the 9th to the 19th century.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/islamic_medical/islamic_00.html
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago: Archaeological Site Photography
A collection of photographs of archaeological sites in Egypt and Iraq, taken by John and Peggy Sanders between 1973 and 1990.
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IS/SANDERS/PHOTOS/arch_site_photos.html
Persepolis and Ancient Iran
A collection of 999 photographs of various archaeological sites, taken from the 1979 publication Persepolis and Ancient Iran from the Oriental Institute Photographic Archives, University of Chicago.
Princeton Shahnama Project
Online archive of 277 illustrations from 5 illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnama dating from 1544 to 1674, which are housed in Princeton University's Firestone Library.
Scrolls from the Dead Sea
An exhibition at the Library of Congress on the Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship.
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/intro.html
Topkapi Palace Museum
An illustrated guide of the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istabul, provided by the Bilkent University, Department of History.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research: Online Galleries
Selected images from the Archival and Photographic collections of the Institute relating to Jewish history.
