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While Oman is perhaps the most mysterious corner of the Arabian peninsula to Westerners, the country retains a strong sense of identity, a pride in its ancient past, and unique surprises in the domain of cultural heritage. In this exclusive...

A selection of books on Oman authored by Tony Walsh. (Used with permission)

The author Tony Walsh who has written many books on the history of Oman. (Used with permission)

Bringing the Sweat-lodge Willows - Piegan, photo by Edward Sheriff Curtis, 1910. Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego.

Sweat lodge frame - Cheyenne, photo by Edward S. Curtis, 1910. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Cheyenne Maiden, photographed by Edward S. Curtis in 1930. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Mari was a city-state located near the west bank of the Euphrates River in Northern Mesopotamia (now eastern Syria) during the Early Bronze Age and the Middle Bronze Age. One of the earliest known planned cities, Mari is believed to have...

Gezer is an ancient city and archaeological site located in central Israel where the central mountains meet the northern Shephelah, about 10 km southeast of the city of Ramleh. According to the Hebrew Bible, Gezer was one of the great cities...

Tel Kabri is an archaeological site in the Western Galilee in northwestern Israel and the location of one of the largest palaces in Canaan in the Middle Bronze Age or "MB" (c. 2,000–1,500 BCE), the period in which Tel Kabri...

Charlotte Corday, the future assassin of Jean-Paul Marat, in her hometown of Caen, Normandy. Oil on canvas by Tony Robert-Fleury, c. 20th century. Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne.