Gertrude Bell

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Agra Fort Photo taken 25 December 1902
Aleppo Photo taken February 1909
Ancient Kyoto Photo taken May 1903 (at Kinkaju-ji?)
Ashur Photo taken April 1909
Baalbek Photo taken June 1900
Babylon In January 1909, Bell left for Mesopotamia. She visited the Hittite city of Carchemish, mapped and described the ruin of Ukhaidir, and continued to Babylon ... (wiki)
Borobudur Photo taken March 18 1903
Bosra Photo taken May 1900
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Photo taken June 1903
Changdeokgung Palace Complex Photo taken May 1903
Crac des Chevaliers Photo taken March 1905
Damascus Photo taken Damascus 1911
Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens She viewed the city walls in 1909
Ellora Caves Photo taken 15 December 1902
Fatehpur Sikri Photo taken 26 December 1902
Hatra Photo taken April 1911
Hierapolis-Pamukkale Photo taken April 1907
Historic Cairo Photo taken January 1909
Humayun's Tomb Photo taken January 9 1903
Isole Eolie Photo taken of Stromboli, December 1899
Istanbul Photo taken July 1907
Mahabodhi Temple Complex Photo taken 7 February 1903
Mountain Railways of India Photo taken February 13 1903
Nikko Photo taken May / June 1903
Old City of Acre Photo taken June 1900
Old City of Jerusalem Photo taken December 1899
Palmyra Photo taken May 1900
Petra Photo taken March 1900
Prambanan Photo taken March 19 1903
Pyramids (Memphis) Photo of her, taken in 1923
Quseir Amra Photo taken 1913/1914
Qutb Minar Photo taken January 9 1903
Québec Photo taken July 1903
Red Fort Photo taken 29 December 1902
Rome Photo taken March 1910
Samarra Photo taken April 1909
Split Photo taken March / April 1910
Taj Mahal Photo taken 27 December 1902
Trogir Photo taken April 1910
Villa Adriana (Tivoli) Photo taken March 1910

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