Cairo Collection (page 7)

The Pyramids of Giza during a flood, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

An oasis near Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The Pyramids of Giza, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The road to the pyramids, Giza, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The road to the pyramids, Giza, Egypt, 1905. The road westwards, from Cairo. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

The great Nile bridge, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The great Nile bridge, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

The Stela of Amenophis III, Cairo Museum, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Stela of Amenophis III, Cairo Museum, Egypt, 1905. This enormous stela, hewn out of black granite, is ten feet three inches high, five feet four inches wide, and thirteen inches thick

The magnificent jewellery of Queen Ahhotep (c1560BC-1530BC), Cairo Museum, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The magnificent jewellery of Queen Ahhotep (c1560BC-1530BC), Cairo Museum, Egypt, 1905. These luxurious adornments were found with the body of Queen Ahhotep at Thebes in 1860

The famous wooden statue called the Shekh-el-Beled, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The famous wooden statue called the Shekh-el-Beled, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Statue held by the National Museum of Egypt. These portrait statues were intended to be more durable bodies, false bodies

Diorite statue of King Khafre, builder of the second Pyramid of Gizeh, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. This statue is in the National Museum of Egypt. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The harem windows in the court of a wealthy Cairenes house, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The harem-windows in the court of a wealthy Cairenes house, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. The ground floor, the carved doorway to which you see here on the right behind the tree

The Holy Carpet Parade with the Mahmal, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Holy Carpet Parade with the Mahmal, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Every year at the expense of the Sultan a fine carpet or huge fabric for festooning the Kaaba at Mecca is made in this city

A Ship of the Desert passing tombs of by-gone Moslem rulers, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A Ship of the Desert passing tombs of by-gone Moslem rulers, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. We look along the northern end of a line of royal tombs which extends along the entire eastern side of the city except

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. The high-walled building on the extreme left is the mosque of Rifa iyeh

Citadel and Mohammed Ali Mosque beyond Bab-el-Wezir cemetery, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Citadel and Mohammed Ali Mosque beyond Bab-el-Wezir cemetery, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. The city... did not originally include the citadel before us

Cairo - home of the Arabian nights, greatest city of Africa, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Cairo - home of the Arabian nights, greatest city of Africa, Egypt, 1905. The most prominent building before us is the superb mosque of Sultan Hasan

A Cairo Street, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
A Cairo Street, 1903. From World Pictures, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [A. & C. Black, London, 1903]

Young Jewish woman of Cairo, Egypt, 1882. Artist: Montbard
Young Jewish woman of Cairo, Egypt, 1882. A print from The Illustrated London News, 18 November 1882

Old Jewish woman of Cairo, Egypt, 1882. Artist: Montbard
Old Jewish woman of Cairo, Egypt, 1882. A print from The Illustrated London News, 18 November 1882

An advertisement for a Canadian Pacific world cruise, 1926. From Apollo magazine, volume IV, no 21 (September 1926)

Smoking the narghileh, Cairo, 1937. Artist: Martin Hurlimann
Smoking the narghileh, Cairo, 1937. Illustration from Das Mittelmeer: Landschaft, Baukunst und Volksleben im Kreise des Mittellandischen Meeres, a work on Mediterranean architecture

The Citadel, Cairo, Egypt, 1900. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, Volume IV, (Cassell and Company, London, Paris, New York, Melbourne, 1900)

The Ezbekiyeh and Street Scene, Cairo, Egypt, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
The Ezbekiyeh and Street Scene, Cairo, Egypt, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company

The River at Boulak Bridge, Cairo, with dahabeahs passing, 1874. Boats on the River Nile. A print from The Illustrated London News, 24th October 1874

Facade of a house in the old part of Cairo, Egypt, c1890. Carved and pierced wooden screens on old buildings in the Egyptian capital

The Great Sphinx of Giza, 1903. Private Collection

Cairo from the Citadel, capital city of Egypt, 1893. Artist: R Dawson
Cairo from the Citadel, capital city of Egypt, 1893. An engraving from James Taylors The Age We Live In: A History of the Nineteenth Century, From the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time

Main Gate of the City, Bab el-Azab, Cairo, 19th century. Artist: Monthelier & Bayot
Main Gate of the City, Bab el-Azab, Cairo, 19th century

A Street in Cairo, Egypt, c1825-1876. Artist: John Frederick Lewis
A Street in Cairo, Egypt, c1825-1876

Miniature canopic coffin from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, 14th century BC. From the Treasure of Tutankhamun (ruled 1333-1323 BC), discovered in the pharaohs tomb and today kept at the Cairo Museum, Egypt

Canopic chest from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, 14th century BC. Canopic chests contained the organs which had been removed during mummification: the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines

Statue of Rameses III, Egypt. Rameses portrayed as the god Osiris, flanked by the falcon-headed god Horus and the jackal-headed god Anubis. Rameses III ruled Egypt from 1187 until 1156 BC

Replica canopic chest from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Egypt
Replica canopic chest of gilded wood from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Egypt. The original chest contained the organs which had been removed during mummification: the lungs, liver

Bab El Fetouh, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Bab El Fetouh, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. One of the fortified gates to the old city of Cairo, Bab El Fetouh was built in 1087. Published in Promenades a travers Le Caire, 1928

Perfume Merchant, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Perfume Merchant, 1928. Published in Promenades a travers Le Caire, 1928

Interior of the al-Mu ayyad Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Interior of the al-Mu ayyad Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. View inside the mosque built by Sultan al-Muayyad between 1415 and 1422. Published in Promenades a travers Le Caire, 1928

The Mosque of Al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
The Mosque of Al-Azhar, 1928. The Al-Azhar Mosque was built between 969 and 972 by the Fatimid Caliph Muezz Li-Din Allah. It is connected to the famous Al-Azhar University

Souks, Cairo, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Souks, Cairo, 1928. Published in Promenades a travers Le Caire, 1928

The Mosque of Sultan al-Ghuri, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
The Mosque of Sultan al-Ghuri, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Interior view of the mosque built in the early 16th century by Qansuh al-Ghuri, the penultimate Mamluk Sultan of Egypt

Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Published in Promenades a travers Le Caire, 1928

Entrance to the Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Entrance to the Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. The mosque was built by the Viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, between 1830 and 1848. Published in Promenades a travers Le Caire, 1928

Carrying water from the Nile, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Carrying water from the Nile, Cairo, Egypt, 1928.Published in Promenades a travers Le Caire, 1928

The Citadel at sunrise, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
The Citadel at sunrise, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Cairos citadel was begun by Salah ad-Din (Saladin) in the 12th century but the fortifications were repeatedly added to

Entrance to the city, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Entrance to the city, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Published in Promenades a travers Le Caire, 1928

Mosque of Muhammad Ali under moonlight, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Mosque of Muhammad Ali under moonlight, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. View showing the citadel and the Mosque built by Muhammad Ali, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, between 1830 and 1848

Interior of the Sultan Kalaoun Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Interior of the Sultan Qala un Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. View inside the mosque built by Sultan el-Mansur Qala-un in the late 13th century. Published in Promenades a travers Le Caire, 1928

The Blue Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
The Blue Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Cairos Aqsunqur or Blue Mosque was built in the 14th century. It gets its name from the blue and turquoise floral tiles used to decorate the interior east wall

Old street in sunlight, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Old street in sunlight, Cairo, Egypt, 1928. Published in Promenades a travers Le Caire, 1928

Entrance to the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Entrance to the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, 1928. Entrance of the mosque built by the Mamluks in the 14th century. Published in Promenades a travers Le Caire, 1928

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