RickCollier > The Citadel of Salah al-Din (Saladin) contains historic mosques and stands tall over the highway in central Cairo, Egypt.  © Rick Collier






Egypt Cairo citadel Saladin minaret spire dome fortification wall fort fortress history historic Islam Islamic Muslim
RickCollier > The cross at the top of St. George's Orthodox Church lights up an evening sky in Madaba, Jordan.  © Rick Collier




Jordan Madaba church mosaic icon iconography painting Christian 'Saint George' 'St. George' 'St. George Church' 'St. George Orthodox Church' Greek Orthodox cross iconic night lights belfry
RickCollier > St. George's Orthodox Church in Madaba is the site of some of the most ornate and ancient mosaics and beautiful religious iconography in Jordan.  © Rick Collier




Jordan Madaba church mosaic icon iconography painting Christian 'Saint George' 'St. George' 'St. George Church' 'St. George Orthodox Church' Greek Orthodox chandelier mosaic mosaics history historic tourist tourism candle candles
RickCollier > St. George's Church in Madaba is the site of some of the most ornate and ancient mosaics and beautiful religious iconography in Jordan.  © Rick Collier




Jordan Madaba church mosaic icon iconography painting Christian 'Saint George' 'St. George' 'St. George Church' 'St. George Orthodox Church' Greek Orthodox chandelier mosaic mosaics history historic tourist tourism pew bench
RickCollier > Lovely iconography beautifies the altar in St. George's Cathedral, in Madaba, Jordan. © Rick Collier




Jordan Madaba church mosaic icon iconography painting Christian 'Saint George' 'St. George' 'St. George Church' 'St. George Orthodox Church' Greek Orthodox altar chandelier mosaic mosaics history historic tourist tourism fresco frescoes
RickCollier > Orange Press.  Karak, Jordan.  An Orange press invites passers-by to sit for a glass of orange juice.  Town of Karak, Jordan.  © Rick Collier




Jordan Karak village town restaurant refreshment invitation advertisement orange juice juicer press drink
RickCollier > Karak Reconstruction.  Workers and scaffolding in the moat at Karak Castle show the reconstruction underway.  The original castle entrance -- the Crusader's Gate -- is visible, at the end of a bridge that spans the moat.  The Crusader castle at Karak guarded the eastern border of the Kingdom of Jerusalem after the first Crusade. © Rick Collier




Jordan Karak al-Karak castle crusader crusades knights fort fortress history historic tourist tourism antiquities 'Kingdom of Jerusalem' battlement battlements walls moat defenses entrance window tower ruin ruins chapel church archaeology archaeological construction reconstruction work worker
RickCollier > Overlook.  A young man perches right on the edge of Karak Castle's battlements, atop a sheer face several hundred feet above the Wadi al-Karak, below.  The bluffs on the Israeli side of the Dead Sea are clearly visible in the distance.  According to legend, the ancient Biblical condemned cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were between Karak and the Dead Sea, in this view.  The Crusader castle at Karak guarded the eastern border of the Kingdom of Jerusalem after the first Crusade. © Rick Collier




Jordan Karak al-Karak castle crusader crusades knights fort fortress history historic tourist tourism antiquities 'Kingdom of Jerusalem' battlement battlements walls keep chapel ruin ruins view panorama cross-country arab
RickCollier > The prison of Karak Castle is every bit the dungeon one might imagine.  The Crusader castle at Karak guarded the eastern border of the Kingdom of Jerusalem after the first Crusade. © Rick Collier
The Citadel of Salah al-Din (Saladin) contains historic mosques and stands tall over the highway in central Cairo, Egypt. © Rick Collier






Egypt Cairo citadel Saladin minaret spire dome fortification wall fort fortress history historic Islam Islamic Muslim
RickCollier > The Citadel of Salah al-Din (Saladin) contains historic mosques and stands tall over the highway in central Cairo, Egypt.  © Rick Collier






Egypt Cairo citadel Saladin minaret spire dome fortification wall fort fortress history historic Islam Islamic Muslim
The Citadel of Salah al-Din (Saladin) contains historic mosques and stands tall over the highway in central Cairo, Egypt. © Rick Collier






Egypt Cairo citadel Saladin minaret spire dome fortification wall fort fortress history historic Islam Islamic Muslim
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