832-372351 - Chinese woman using a bow and arrow at the Jiayuguan Fortress with two gatehouses at the western end of the Great Wall of China, Silk Road, Gansu, China, Asia
832-208931 - Young Chinese woman standing on the sand dunes of the Gobi Desert while photographing the Crescent Lake with the Chinese Pagoda in Dunhuang, Silk Road, Gansu, China, Asia
832-208897 - Camel caravan with tourists in front of the sand dunes of the Gobi Desert during the ascent of Mount Mingshan near Dunhuang, Silk Road, Gansu, China, Asia
832-208898 - Camel caravan with tourists in front of the sand dunes of the Gobi Desert during the ascent of Mount Mingshan near Dunhuang, Silk Road, Gansu, China, Asia
832-190596 - Microlight flight over the Gobi Desert, aerial view of Crescent Lake and the sand dunes in the Gobi Desert, Silk Road, Dunhuang, Gansu, China, Asia
832-121462 - Interior cupola of Gur Emir, Gur-Amir, Guri Amir mausoleum, tomb of Timur, Temur, Tamerlane, Samarkand, Silk Road, Uzbekistan, Central Asia
832-100457 - Muhammad Rakhim Chan Madrassah, Ichan Kala, historic adobe town of Khiva, Chiva, Silk Road, Unesco World Heritage Site, Uzbekistan, Central Asia
857-68859 - Dasht e Kavir, Iran - February, 2008: Bus driver and female passenger dressed in black reflected in the mirror of a bus enroute through the desert from Esfahan to Khur in Central Iran.
857-68872 - Kharanaq, Iran - February, 2008: Senior man harvesting a crop of carrots outside the historical ancient city of Kharanaq which lies in a dramatic valley where rugged mountains, desert and farmland all come together.
857-69556 - Hama, Syria - January, 2008: Norias - waterwheels up to 20 m in diameter have been used in Hama since the 5th century century to help transport water.
857-68869 - Garmeh, Iran - February, 2008: The tiny mud brick desert oasis of Garmeh in central Iran. A natural spring brings life to this otherwise dry and hostile landscape.
857-69586 - Palmyra, Syria - January, 2008: Roman ruins in the desert. Palmyra or Tadmore was a 2nd century AD desert oasis used as a strategic staging post for caravans traveling between the Mediterranean Sea and the east. It was also settled by the Assyrians, and Persians.
857-69576 - Damascus, Syria - January 2008: Umayyad mosque in Damascus has been for 3000 years a place of worship starting with an Aramaens temple to the god Hadad - over the years Jupiter with the Romans, then Christ and lastly in 636 AD Muslims entered Damascus. It houses a shrine of John the Baptist.
857-68854 - Esfahan, Iran - February, 2008: Portrait of the Ayatolloah Khomeini in Bazar-e Bozorg (Great Bazaar), a massive covered bazaar off of Imam Square in Esfahan, Iran which dates back almost 1300 years.
857-68857 - Esfahan, Iran - February, 2008: 17th century Sheikh Lotfollah mosque in Imam Square in Esfahan, Iran was built by Shah Abbas I for the women in his harem.
857-68858 - Dasht e Kavir, Iran - February, 2008: Bus driver and female passenger dressed in black reflected in the mirror of a bus enroute through the desert from Esfahan to Khur in Central Iran.
857-68851 - Esfahan, Iran - February, 2008: School girls dressed in pink visiting Imam Mosque. The 17th century mosque was built by Shah Abbas I and is considered one of the most beautiful in world with is blue-tile mosaic design and massive dome.