After Napoleon‎'‎s invasion of Egypt in 1798‎,‎ and Palestine in the following year‎,‎ the West rediscovered Egypt and the Holy Land‎.‎ Painters and artists‎,‎ travelers and archaeologists flocked to the region during the nineteenth century and produced some of the most interesting and valuable records of the cities and villages‎,‎ topography‎,‎ buildings‎,‎ and customs‎-‎-much of which has since disappeared or changed beyond recognition‎.‎ The items featured in this work record this vanished world in fine detail‎.‎ Palestine and Egypt under the Ottomans is based on Hisham Khatib‎'‎s unique collection of art and printed works covering the 400‎-year period of Ottoman rule in the region‎.‎ The core of the material here are the paintings‎-‎-mainly nineteenth‎-century watercolours‎,‎ many of them by renowned artists such as Frederick Goodall‎,‎ Edward Lear‎,‎ Carl Warner‎,‎ and Carl Haag‎-‎-which concentrate on a realistic portrayal of the Holy Land ‎(‎in particular Jerusalem‎)‎ and Egypt‎,‎ rather than basking in romantic ‎'‎Orientalism‎.‎‎'‎ The section on travel books includes works by Berna‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎