Middle East

Trevor Naylor is a writer living in Yorkshire, England. Almost 40 years of visiting and living in Egypt have inspired several travel and history books about this fascinating civilization. Most recently these have included Egypt - A Visual Explorer Guide, Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics Illustrated and The Riddle of the Sphinx - Quiz Like and Egyptian. His latest book is Egyptian Gods and Myths Illustrated.

• Contents:IntroductionTURKIYE (TURKEY) Topkapi Palace Aya Sofia Istanbul Galata Bridge (ferries etc) Grand Bazaar Ephesus Cappadocia Landscape Pamukkale Roman Theatre Kekova Island Safranbolu (UNESCO) Gallipoli Whirling Dervishes Turkish Cuisine/Restaurant scene Kilic Ali Pasa HamamiARABIAN GOLD Bahrain National Museum Bahrain Fort (UNESCO SITE) Manama Souq Bahrain F1 Track The Hawer Islands Petra Jerash Roman Ruins Wadi Rum Karak Castle Grand Husseini Mosque Mosaics, Madaba Mount Nebo Valley Landscape Amman coffee shops and souq Amman Citadel Aqaba View from Kuwait Towers Aquarium at Salmiya Scientific Centre Crafts from the Tareq Rajab Museum Failaka Island Grand Mosque of Kuwait Ras Al Jinz Bahla Fort Mutrah Souq (with people) Grand Mosque (with carpet) Jebel Shams Mountains Sahrqiya Sands and Masirah Channel Muscat Town Mecca/Hajj Medina Madain Salah Jeddah (Old Town) - Al Balad District Diraiyah The Hejaz Railway Taif (Garden Parks) Rub al Khali Food - Samak mashwi Downtown Riyadh Yanbu - Tourist Centre SAMOCA (Modern Art Museum) Old Sana'a Wadi Hadramawt Qalansiyah Beach Al Salah Mosque Souq al Milh Haraz Mountains Socotra Museum of the Future Burgh al Arab Louvre Abu Dhabi Falconry Yas Island / Grand Prix Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Jebel Hafit Desert Park Dubai Old Town Dubai Mall Atlantis Dubai (Aquarium) Palm Islands Dubai (aerial) Sharjah Museum of Islamc Civilisation Abrahamic Family HouseTHE LEVANT Dome of the Rock Dead Sea Church of the Holy Sepulchre Caesarea Monastry of the Quarantul Bethlehem Old City Falafel and Shawerma Stands Masada Beirut - Market Beirut - Food /restaurants Beirut - National Museum interior Beiteddine Palace Baalbek - 2 pics Byblos Jeita Grotto Qadisha Valley. (UNESCO) Shouf Biosphere Reserve Tyre Roman Ruins The Cypriot Moufflon Harbour/Old Town Kyrenia Aphrodites Rock Mosaics - Paphos Archaeological Site Wine Villages of Omodos Troodos Mountains and Byzantine Churches Lefkara Village Silversmoths Cypriot Restaurant and foodLANDS OF 1001 NIGHTS The Pyramids of Giza The Grand Egyptian Museum Abu Simbel Karnak Ibn Tulun Mosque Cairo Citadel Mosque Philae Island Siwa Oasis Marsa Alam Diving Area Bibliotheca Alexandria Isfahan - Naqsh-e Jahan Square Vank Cathedral Shah Mosque Ali Qapu Palace Chehel Sotoun Garden Houyeh Villages Persepolis Zagros Mountains Haram-e Razavi Mashad Tehran market images Zurkhaneh Sporting House in action Amadeyia Lake Dukan Boat Ride and Landscape Shot of the bookshop street, Al Mutanabbi Iraq Museum The Hamilton Road Golden Domes of Baghdad Babylon Site Holy City of Najaf Jalil Khayat Mosque - Erbil Nineveh - Site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Hatra (Unesco site) Temple of Nabu - Nimrud Damascus Old City/Souq Palmyra Bosra Theatre Aleppo Citadel Crac Des Chevaliers (UNESCO) Damacus - Temple of Jupiter Umayyad Mosque of Damscus

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