High Monastery

High Monastery

Looking down on the Monastery, the highest of the major buildings in Petra.

Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water

A mother in hijab stands with her daughter in the Tel Aviv surf.

Roman Ramp

Roman Ramp

View down over the huge ramp the Romans built during their siege of Masada at the end of the Jewish Rebellion.

Wailing Wall

Wailing Wall

The men’s side of the Western Wall, the sole remaining piece of the original Temple Mount and one of (if not) the oldest holy site in the world.

Beagle in the Rocks

Beagle in the Rocks

A dog-shaped rock outcropping on the biblical Mt. Sinai, just after sunrise.

Backup Plan

Backup Plan

Taken with an iPod Touch after my camera was stolen out of my backpack while I was asleep on the bus to Dahab.

Hatshepsut Fresco

Hatshepsut Fresco

Detail of a painted wall in the Temple of Hatshepsut, Egypt’s first woman Pharoah, between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens in Luxor.

Ramses x3.5

Ramses x3.5

The massive facade of Abu Simbel’s main temple, featuring four huge statues of Ramses II. (One of them is in much worse condition than the other three.)

Grand Tour Graffiti

Grand Tour Graffiti

Carved graffiti from a 19th century tourist on a column in the Temple of Philae.