The Faces of 1870s Egypt: Captivating Old Photos by Émile Béchard
These early photographs, taken by Émile Béchard in Cairo, Egypt during the 1870s…
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Stunning Color Photos of Egypt From the 1920s
This collection of autochromes taken in the 1920s by Gervais Courtellemont and W…
The Great Sphinx of Giza Through Vintage Photographs from 1850-1940
At 240 feet (73 m) long by 62 feet wide (19 m) and reaching a height of 66 feet …
Early Tourists Visiting the Pyramids and The Ruins of Ancient Egypt, 1860-1930
By the late eighteenth century, Egypt had been reduced to nothing more than an i…
The busy streets of Old Cairo through old photographs, 1900-1935
These street pictures of the City of a Thousand Minarets capture the rapid growt…
Vintage Photographs Show the Egyptian Temples of Abu Simbel being Relocated, 1964-1968
Built more than 3,000 years ago, Abu Simbel contains two temples, carved into a …
Magnificent Images of Egypt by Zangaki Brothers, 1870-1890
The Zangaki brothers were two Greek photographers, active between the 1870s-1890…
The Discovery of Tutankhamun in Rare Color Pictures, 1922
During the early twentieth century, Howard Carter, a British Egyptologist, excav…
Street vendor selling mummies in Egypt, 1865
During the Victorian era of the 1800s, Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt threw open t…
Photographs from the Assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981
The assassins' bullets ended the life of a man who earned a reputation for makin…