Sheltering Sky

This is where I am right now. Visiting an ancient kasbah deep in the Moroccan desert. PS Rumour has it that this location was used in the filming of Bertolucci's…

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Hidden Passage…

... one of many in the centre of Paris that date from the 18th and 19th centuries. Originally built to protect elegant Parisians from the muddy reality of a rainy…

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Behind this Door…

...of elaborate ivory and pine geometric patterns is an elaborate assembly system, all due to the mathematical genius of early 14th century Cairo. © www.anniewrightphotography.com, the new Islamic wing of…

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Warrior Queen

Once in the ancient city of Palmyra (Syria) there ruled a warrior queen called Zenobia, who rebelled against the Romans and captured lands as far to the west as Egypt…

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