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'Cairo, looking south west, across the city to the pyramids, Egypt', 1905.Artist: Underwood & Underwood

'Cairo, looking south west, across the city to the pyramids, Egypt', 1905.Artist: Underwood & Underwood

1-632-178 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Cairo, looking south west, across the city to the pyramids, Egypt', 1905. 'The high-walled building on the extreme left is the mosque of Rifa'iyeh. Between the dome jwith the peak awry and the distant sandhills ... is the court of the oldest mosque in Cairo. It was built in AD 877-879 by Ibn Tulûn, the first independent Sultan of Egypt.' Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Underwood & Underwood, attributed to: American: Photographers, publishers
People Related
  1. Keystone: : Photographers
  2. James Henry Breasted: (American?): Writer, author
Medium
  1. Photograph
Geographic Hierarchy

World Africa Egypt Cairo Cairo

  1. 30 04 37 N , 031 17 09 E

World Africa Egypt

  1. 27 00 00 N , 030 00 00 E

World Africa

  1. 02 23 00 N , 016 04 00 E
Category Hierarchy

Locations & Buildings Places of Worship

Religion & Belief Islam

Artistic Representations Cityscapes

Locations & Buildings Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4051x4346
File Size : 51,580kb

Aliases

  1. 0580016148
  1. 1-632-178
  1. 1632178
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