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A view of the snow covered Atlas Mountains in Tunisia

The sand dunes of the Libyan desert.

A view of the Tunisian coastline.

The sun rises over the Tunisian coast.

Tracks into the arid Sahara near Ghadames in Libya.

1655 - Italian map charting the Tunisian and Libyan coastline.

1880 - A map of Tunisia and the Eastern Atlas Mountains published in Britain.

A ravine cut by a small river dissects the Atlas Mountains.

The stunning North African coastline near Tripoli.

Misty dawn over olive trees in the Nafusa Mountains of west Libya.

The green coastline of North Africa between the sea and the Sahara.

Chott-el-Jerid salt production units in Tunisia.

Ksar Ouled Soltane, Berber grain stores from the 13th Century.

The arm of a pivot irrigation system in the agricultural lands of Tunisia.

The edge of a pivot irrigation barley field in Libya.

The outer wall of a Roman Colosseum (230 AD) in El Djem.

Berber Granary, Kabao Old Town, Nafusa Mountains.

Berber Granary, Kabao Old Town, Nafusa Mountains

Berber Granary, Old Town, Nalut, Nafusa Mountains

Berber Granary, Old Town, Nalut, Nafusa Mountains

Berber Granary, Qasr Al-Haj, Nafusa Mtns

The parched, sandy agricultural land of Libya.

Ksar Ouled Soltane, Berber grain stores.

Ancient meeting place sheltered from the sun in Ghadames, Libya.

A Roman amphitheatre near the ancient city of Sabratha, Libya.

One of the many political billboards advertising Gadafi's rule.

The stunning gold roof of the Bourgiba Muslim Mausoleum in Tunisia.

The beautifully symmetrical Monastir, Bourgiba Muslim Mausoleum.

Outer wall of El Djem, Roman Colosseum (230 AD).

Local man in Berber dress in Tunisia.

The Roman remains of a temple on the coast in the city of Sabratha, Libya.

A retired resident sitting in the town square, Jerba Island in Tunisia.

Mosque of the olive tree in Tunisia.

A Roman Amphitheatre in the settlement of Leptis Magna, Libya.

1945 - Movement of the British Army's Long Range Desert Group during WWII.

The most magnificent Roman site in North Africa which once featured gladiatorial combats.

Deserted old town, Ghadames on the border of Tunisia, Algeria and Libya.

1880 - A map of Tunisia published in Britain

Amphitheatre in Sabratha on the Libyan coast.

Theatre Apollonia, Cyrenaica

Public painting of Col Gadafi in Beni Walid.

View along outer vauted passageway of most famous roman site in North Africa. Built between AD 230 & 238

Local man in Berber dress.

1920 - A French Colonial map of the areas of Tunisia