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With their bells tinkling in the deepening dusk, the stately camels pad softly along the stony road. An early photograph.

Camels

With their bells tinkling in the deepening dusk, the stately camels pad softly along the stony road. An early photograph..

A small camel train

Camels

A small camel train.

Pack donkey laden with produce for sale.  An early photograph. The donkey in Palestine is usually highly appreciated. It will find the way even where there is no track to follow and will carry rider or loads over the roughest ground.

Donkey

Pack donkey laden with produce for sale. An early photograph. The donkey in Palestine is usually highly appreciated. It will find the way even where there is no track to follow and will carry rider or loads over the roughest ground..

An Arab journeying with his wife, like Jacob with Rachel or Joseph with Mary. An early photograph.

Donkey

An Arab journeying with his wife, like Jacob with Rachel or Joseph with Mary. An early photograph..
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Assyrian horse with head harness. From 8th century BC relief found at Nineveh. (Louvre, Paris). Cf. Psalms 32:9.

Horse

Assyrian horse with head harness. From 8th century BC relief found at Nineveh. (Louvre, Paris). Cf. Psalms 32:9..

This early photo shows animals & vehicles accommodated in the courtyard of a khan (inn) or caravanserai (literally, `caravan-house`). Inns were at regular intervals of 13 1/2 miles along the roads.

Inn

This early photo shows animals & vehicles accommodated in the courtyard of a khan (inn) or caravanserai (literally, `caravan-house`). Inns were at regular intervals of 13 1/2 miles along the roads..

This Palestinian method of transport is more comfortable than it looks. The wooden litter, canopied in printed cotton to shelter occupants from the sun, sways gently with the even pace of the mule. An early photograph.

Mule

This Palestinian method of transport is more comfortable than it looks. The wooden litter, canopied in printed cotton to shelter occupants from the sun, sways gently with the even pace of the mule. An early photograph..

Two men standing by a sitting camel

Camel

Two men standing by a sitting camel.

A camel train

Camels

A camel train.

A donkey loaded with water or wine bottles

Donkey

A donkey loaded with water or wine bottles.

Eastern asses

Ass

Eastern asses.

Camel train in the desert

Camel

Camel train in the desert.

Group of camels and merchants

Camel

Group of camels and merchants.

Letter carrier on a fast camel

Camel

Letter carrier on a fast camel.

Camel train at an oasis in the desert

Camel

Camel train at an oasis in the desert.

Ancient Roman horse bits.

Horse

Ancient Roman horse bits..

Assyrian groom with a horse

Horse

Assyrian groom with a horse.

Assyrian horse and groom

Horse

Assyrian horse and groom.

Assyrian bridle

Horse

Assyrian bridle.

Assyrian harness

Horse

Assyrian harness.