Wadi Hamdh, near Suejj.

10 posts published by urbanora during May 2011

Poem by Ernest Dowson, quoted by T. E. Lawrence in Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Read "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T E Lawrence available from Rakuten Kobo. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT FISK Seven Pillars of Wisdom is an unusual and rich work. It encompasses an account of...

Aug 1, 2013 - Emir Feisal bin Husain al-Hashimi, future King of Iraq, at Wejh.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of T.E. Lawrence - also known as 'Lawrence of Arabia' - of his service in the Arab Revolt during the First World War, published in Penguin Modern Classics.

Lawrence of Arabia's mythical status may have never been were it not for a miraculous escape from an air disaster in 1919, the story of which was recounted at an RAF ceremony in Rome Friday.

Once the Indiana Jones franchise hit the big screen in 1981, everyone wanted to be an archeologist. The adventurous world of Dr. Jones, with his

by Howard Coster glossy bromide print 13 October 1931 © National Portrait Gallery, London

Lawrence, wearing Arab dress, in conversation with Auda abu Tayi, leader of the Howeitat tribe, in the desert.

Now all the pictures of T.E. Lawrence in his lovely R.A.F. cap are in one place.

Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935) Thomas Edward Lawrence The Taking of Akaba - 1917 TE Lawrence on a motorbike in army unifor...

British Army Officer, Adventurer. He was known as Lawrence of Arabia. Born in Tremadog in North Wales, his father was Sir Thomas Chapman, seventh Baronet of Westmeath in Ireland, who had abandoned his wife to live with his daughter's governess, Sarah Junner, with whom he had five sons. The family lived under the name...

T.E. Lawrence - The Taking of Syria

I did not see Lawrence again for some weeks. It was, if my memory serves me right, in Paris. He wore his Arab robes, and the full magnificence of his countenance revealed itself. The gravity of his...

The images, which were taken by Captain Maxwell Coote who was Churchill's aide-de-camp, are being sold by his descendants with London-based Forum Auctions who expect the archive to fetch £4,000.

T.E. Lawrence attended the Cairo Conference where Prince Feisal would become king of a new country called Iraq and Prince Abdullah would rule Transjordan.

A launch developed TE Lawrence will be motored round the coast and into the capital later this month