Autochromes taken by Gervais Courtellemont and W. Robert Moore for National Geographic.
Boy reels silk in a desert near Cairo
Man and two women stand at his home grown fruit booth in Cairo
Man peers out from a latticework covered balcony
Beautiful building sits untouched in the streets of old Cairo
Boat sitting still in the water at sunrise
Man sitting next to his store for the Egyptian version of a washtub
Man standing outside of his quilt and cushion shop in old Cairo
Painter standing in the doorway of his shop
Peasant singer poses in a seated position
Person leans against a Ficus tree in the garden of Esbekieh
Portrait of a young Nubian girl
Shoe vendor sits next to his store
Souvenir merchant walks carrying beads and necklaces
Street view of a mosque with a wall covered in blue tiles
View of a tower in Cairo
View of fishermen docking on Philae Island
View of the Great Sphinx at sunset
View of the Monastery of Saint Catherine amid granite peaks
View of the Pyramids of Giza
View of the Temple of Edfu at sunset
View of the first Nile cataract at Aswan
View of the pyramids at sunset
View of the ruins of the Hall of the Temple of Ammon
Woman in black attire posing
Woman wearing a Muslim headdress
Woman posing with a basket of mandarins or tangerines
Woman sitting on a rock with jewelry beside her
View of the pyramids with buildings in between
Woman sitting with her fruits for sale
Young boy who journeys on donkeys leans against a stone wall
Young cabaret dancer posing for a photograph in traditional clothing
Egyptian street merchant sells fruits
Egyptian street merchant sells hats
Orange merchant awaits customers
Colossi of Memnon once guarded entrance to Temple of Amenophis
Men sitting at a shop at a bazaar
People standing outside the Temple of Horus
Students sitting in the courtyard of the Mosque of el Azhar
Sugarcane vendors waiting for customers
The image of Rameses II carved into the rock at Abu Simbel
The mosque-like Tomb of Caliphs near Cairo holds Luxor and Arab heroes
Two boys cooking meat at a meat shop in Egypt
Two men making glass
Two men making tents
Two men on camel-back ride past the Sphinx and Great Pyramid
Two men stand in front of souvenir booths in the street of Cairo
Two men work at a tarboosh booth in Cairo
Two sais stand in front of the entrance to the French Legation
Two students of Mecca stand at the Mosque of el Azhar
Winders of silk at the Tombs of the Caliphs
Similar photo-articles are: Early 1900s Paris in Colours, then the following two are by yours truly: Echoes From The Past — Alexandria in Photos and The Phenomenal Getty Villa in Photos.
On a parallel note, The Great Pyramid’s Blessed Curse: Climbing To The Top And Beyond is an exposé about climbing to the very top of the Great Pyramid one late night, the research done later, and how the story turned out to be fateful to the course of my life.
ALSO VIEW:
Echoes From The Past — Alexandria in Photos
Early 1900s Paris in Colours
World Art Through My Lens
The Phenomenal Getty Villa in Photos
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