The <n>Qasr at Kabao</n> in Jabal Nafusa, from <n>Anthony Hutt</n>'s book <n>North Africa</n> (1977).

A sculpture depicting the Sumerian god <n>Enki</n> and goddess <n>Ninhursag</n>.

A camel in the desert of <n>Wadi Rum</n>, Jordan. Photo by <n>Sjoerd Bracke</n>.

<n>The Red Tapestry</n> (2011), a painting by <n>Jaime Corum</n>.

Detail of Persian architecture in Iran. Photo by <n>Harimao Lee</n>.

The <n>Tower of Toghrul</n> in Rayy, Iran, built in 1139. Photo by <n>Luigi Pesce</n>, c. 1840s-60s.

A terraced hillside from the book <n>Ancient China</n> (1968) by <n>Edward H. Schafer</n>.

Restored mud-brick houses in <n>AlUla Old Town</n>. Photo by <n>Studio Kunal Bhatia</n>.

A film still from <n>The Color of Pomegranates</n> (1969), directed by <n>Sergei Parajanov</n>.

A <n>Tuareg person</n> rides a <n>dromedary camel</n> in Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Algeria.

<n>Black Stallion</n> (2010), an oil on canvas by Turkmen artist <n>Durdy Bayramov</n>.

Photograph of the <n>American badlands</n> by <n>Benjamin Everett</n>.

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A 1976 photograph of <n>Iran</n> by <n>Bruno Barbey</n>.

<n>Victor Place</n> and photographer <n>Gabriel Tranchand</n> with a <n>Lamassu</n> during excavations in <n>Khorsabad</n>, Iraq, 1852.

Digital artwork by <n>Mona Algwaiz</n> inspired by the mud architecture of Saudi Arabia's Najd region.

The <n>Gobi Desert</n> in Central Asia, from <n>Giuseppe De Florentiis</n>'s 1982 book.

The <n>Sahara Desert</n> in Morocco, photographed by <n>Carley Rudd</n>.

Cover of the book <n>Detti e fatti dei padri del deserto</n>.

Drying <n>Persian carpets</n> in the sun in Iran.

The <n>Lion of Judah Statue</n> in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by sculptor <n>Maurice Calka</n>.

A <n>Berber Village</n> in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Photo by <n>Becky the Traveller</n>.

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