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Background imageAssouan Collection: Aswan, Egypt - Cataract Hotel

Aswan, Egypt - Cataract Hotel
The Cataract Hotel, Aswan, Egypt

Background imageAssouan Collection: Society at the Cataract Hotel, Assuan (Aswan), Egypt

Society at the Cataract Hotel, Assuan (Aswan), Egypt
Group of well-known people at the Cataract Hotel in Aswan, near the huge dam. Pictured are Sir Oliver Duncan (in white hat), Delia de Bagno, the Marquess of Huntly, Lady Joan Villiers

Background imageAssouan Collection: Boats on the Nile at Assouan (Aswan), Egypt 1857

Boats on the Nile at Assouan (Aswan), Egypt 1857, Francis Frith. It seems possible that the figure mid-frame is Frith himself

Background imageAssouan Collection: German Crown Princess at Assouan, Egypt

German Crown Princess at Assouan, Egypt
The Crown Princess of Germany (Cecilie of Mecklenberg-Schwerin) pictured leaving the German Church at Assouan (Aswan), Egypt in 1911

Background imageAssouan Collection: Hotels in Egypt

Hotels in Egypt
Health and Sunshine Beckon You to Egypt Advertisement for Egypts top hotels catering to wealthy European and American tourists who went to Cairo for the season during the winter months

Background imageAssouan Collection: Cataracts of the Nile above Aswan, Upper Egypt

Cataracts of the Nile above Aswan, Upper Egypt
View of the Cataracts of the River Nile above Aswan (Assouan), Upper Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Background imageAssouan Collection: Egypt - Bisharin warrior, Aswan

Egypt - Bisharin warrior, Aswan
A Bisharin Tribesman of Aswan, Egypt with his shield, spear and small Egyptain lyre. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageAssouan Collection: Egypt, Africa - The ferry at Aswan

Egypt, Africa - The ferry at Aswan. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageAssouan Collection: Egypt. Abu Simbel

Egypt. Abu Simbel
Great Temple of Rameses II. EGYPT. ASWAN. Abu Simbel. Great Temple of Rameses II. Main entrance to the Great Temple. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Architecture

Background imageAssouan Collection: EGYPT NILE

EGYPT NILE
Building the great dam at Aswan (formerly Assouan). Date: 1899

Background imageAssouan Collection: Aswan, Egypt

Aswan, Egypt
A panoramic view of Aswan, Egypt. The city stands on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract and is a busy market and tourist center. Its ancient name, Swenet, translates as trade

Background imageAssouan Collection: Aswan - Egypt. Elephantine Island

Aswan - Egypt. Elephantine Island
Elephantine Island is the largest of the Aswan area islands, and is one of the most ancient sites in Egypt, with artifacts dating to predynastic periods

Background imageAssouan Collection: Bisharin Tribesmen of Aswan, Egypt

Bisharin Tribesmen of Aswan, Egypt
Bisharin Tribesmen of Aswan with traditional weapons having a fencing match

Background imageAssouan Collection: Aswan - Scene on the River Nile with Paddlesteamer

Aswan - Scene on the River Nile with Paddlesteamer
The Rameses III, one of the paddle steamers operated by Thomas Cook & Son for excursions on the Nile- here seen as Aswan

Background imageAssouan Collection: Bisharin Men dancing

Bisharin Men dancing
The Bisharin are a Sunni Muslim tribe of the Beja nomadic ethnic group in the eastern part of the Nubian Desert in Sudan - close to Aswan

Background imageAssouan Collection: Cataracts of the Nile above Aswan, Upper Egypt

Cataracts of the Nile above Aswan, Upper Egypt
View of the Cataracts of the River Nile above Aswan (Assouan), Upper Egypt


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