This page (unlike the rest) is devoted to photos that are of a serious nature...
Photos with ( * ) are digitally manipulated, and no offense intended to anyone. Its my pure imagination...

* An imaginary view of the pyramids in the clouds

* Playing around with color and B/W

Loved the sun beam effect and the temple atmosphere

Not Manipulated, but used a number of filters and the right time of day

The most beautiful mummy found in Egypt... Wow !!!

A breath taking sunset in Alkexandria

Traditional Sufi dancers...

Demonstrators stuck in a mosque...

Incredible ! this armless guy is perfect with his legs

Traditional Sufi dancers...

The old thru the eyes of the young...

U.S. Marines waiting their turn for action...

Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi walks out of the shadows...

Arab League Secretary General smiles...

An Iraqi National Guards soldier cleans weapons after a raid on insurgents

Young Iraqi Shi'ite martyrs at a mosque...

An Iraqi woman walks past a U.S. Marine near the Jordanian border...

U.S. bodyguards dazzled after an attack on their convoy... no people were killed...

An Iraqi rebel walks cautiously during a gun battle with U.S. forces...

U.S. Marines patrol the Iraqi western desert looking for insurgents...

Life carries on at a normal pace in this worn torn Iraqi suburb...

A British soldier stands fast as the sun sets in Southern Iraq

Iraqi police cadets learn tactical assault techniques

U.S. forces at a road block looking for insurgents - North Iraq

Digging out mass burials in Baghdad

U.S. special forces prepare for a raid on a rebel hideout

A British soldier prepares to fire his weapons - shots were fired and people were killed...

A U.S. Super Sea Stallion crew member takes photos over the desert West of Iraq

Iraqi fighters prepare to attack a U.S. army convoy

A U.S. army soldier waits for attack orders