Cairo Collection

Mena House Hotel, Cairo, Egypt - View of Cheops Pyramid. The hotel was a former Royal hunting lodge, which opened as a Hotel in 1869. Date: circa 1920s

A BAZaR IN CAIRO 1885
A bazaar in Cairo. Date: 1885

Mask of Tutankhamun
The famous mask of Pharoah TUTANKHAMUN, ruler of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt 1361 - 1352 BC, (Egyptian Museum, Cairo), made of solid gold, with inlaid glass and lapis lazuli

A Street Scene in Cairo, by Charles Robertson (1844-1891)

Golden Mask of Egyptian Pharoah Tutankhamun
The famous mask of Pharoah TUTANKHAMUN, ruler of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt 1361 - 1352 BC, (Egyptian Museum, Cairo), made of solid gold, with inlaid glass and lapis lazuli

Veiled Egyptian Woman - Cairo. Date: circa 1910s

Persian Manuscript, 1650. Court of a Safavid dynasty prince. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Museum of Islamic Arts

King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti making a Sacrifice
Illustration showing the ancient Egyptian rulers King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti making an offering to the sun. This illustration was made from a carving found in the tomb of Ay, El Amarna

The Book of the Dead: Heruben Papyrus. 1075 - 945 BC. Papyrus with the cow goddess Hathor, a woman and two snakes. Work from the 21st Dynasty. Egyptian art. Third Intermediate Period

Egyptian Airlines Poster
Poster, Egyptian Airlines, Cairo, showing De Havilland passenger biplane SU-ABH flying over Egypt. MISR Airwork SAE. 1933

Tutankhamun Sarcophagus
The sarcophagus of Pharoah TUTANKHAMUN, ruler of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt 1361 - 1352 BC, (Egyptian Museum, Cairo)

Opera Square with Ibrahim Pasha statue in Cairo, Egypt
Opera Square with Ibrahim Pasha statue and the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, Egypt. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt was the second ruler of the Khedivate instituted by the Muhammad Ali dynasty

Curio store, Cairo, Egypt, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Stela of the royal scribe Ani. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Relief. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum

Statue of Djoser. Egyptian art
Seated statue of King Djoser. 2611 BC. Detail. Egyptian art. Old Kingdom. Sculpture on rock. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum. Proc: EGYPT. CAIRO. Saqqara

Grocery store in Cairo, Egypt
Grocery store at a street in Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1908

Promotional card for the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd - Turkish Company with head office at Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey and branches in London, Paris, Constantinople (Istanbul), New York, Cairo

Fatimid period (10th-12th c. ). Islamic art. Miniature
Fatimid period (10th-12th c.). Islamic art. Miniature

Gertrude Bell: The Uncrowned Queen of Mesopotamia
Miss Gertrude Bell pictured in the Illustrated London News - described as a Staff Political Officer in Mesopotamia (Iraq) on the eve of the Cairo Conference to discuss the future of Mesopotamia

Fawzia Shirin - Egyptian Princess
Fawzia Shirin (1921 - ) - an Egyptian princess and Queen of Iran. Princess Fawzia of Egypt and Sudan married Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980), the Crown Prince of Iran, in Cairo, on 16 March 1939

The Pyramids and Sphinx, Giza, Egypt
The Pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza, Cairo, Egypt

Tourists and touts at the Shepherds Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
An international gathering of tourists and touts outside the Shepherds Hotel in Cairo, Egypt

The celebration of the Mawlid al-nabi at Cairo, Egypt - the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad which is celebrated in Rabi al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar

The Cairo Conference
The Conference at Cairo to discuss Mesopotamia (Iraq) in 1921 attended by Winston Churchill, King Faisal of Iraq, Sir Percy Cox, Gertrude Bell

Sandal Sellers 1930S
Twin sandal makers selling their wares in a bazaar

Bus passengers, Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1980s

Stalls for the Muled en-Nabi festivity in Cairo, Egypt
Decorated stalls for the Muled en-Nabi festivity in Cairo, Egypt. Mawlid (or muled in Egyptian Arabic) is the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad but in some countries the term

Khedive visiting the Mūled en-Nabi festivity in Cairo
Visit of the Khedive the Mūled en-Nabi festivity in Cairo, Egypt, with mounted bodyguards following. The Egyptian Khedive (equivalent of viceroy)

Bathing / Cairo 1884
A little boy in his bath in Cairo, watched by his devoted mother. Date: 1884

Camels leaving Cairo for the Front, WW1
A trainload of camels in Egypt belonging to the Imperial Camel Corps leaving Cairo for the Front. The picture was taken at a railway siding in Cairo

Giza. Great Sphinx and. Great Pyramid of Giza
The Giza Sphinx. 26th-25th c. BC. EGYPT. GIZA. Giza. Egyptian art. Old Kingdom. Sculpture

Tourists on a Thomas Cook Tour
Tourists on a Thomas Cook tour, milling around on the verandah and outside the luxurious Shepheards Hotel, Cairo. 1920s

Bridge - Pont de Ghazirah - Cairo
Pont de Ghazirah - Bridge over the Nile at Cairo built by a French Ironworks. When Egypt became British, the two statues of the (very English) lions were added!

obelisk of the Temple of Ra-Atum, Heliopolis, Egypt
The major surviving remnant of Heliopolis is the obelisk of the Temple of Ra-Atum erected by Senusret I of Dynasty XII. It still stands in its original position

The Kit Kat Club at Gezira, Cairo
Cabaret and dancing at the Kit-Kat Club at the Ghezirah Palace Hotel, Cairo. Date: 1930

RAF Fayid, Egypt - The Shopping Centre
The Shopping Centre at RAF Fayid (LG-211), a former military airfield in Egypt, approximately 14 miles south of Ismailia (Al Isma`iliyah) and 72 miles northeast of Cairo. Date: circa 1920s

Arab Bazaar, Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1906

Egypt - Cairo - A Lady of the Harem with escort Date: circa 1910s

Aerial view above The Sphinx, Giza, Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1920s

Antique and curio shop for tourists in Cairo, Egypt. Vintage 19th century photograph

A Dance at the Embassy Club in Cairo 1923
A dance at the Embassy Club in Cairo, an outpost of the club in Londons Old Bond Street, catering to high society in Egypt. Some of the revellers in this photograph include Glen Kidston, Mr. R. E

The Wonders of the World - some of the principal architectural gems of the world in 1913, including the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, The Washington Monument

A man sits in a back street tea shop in Cairo, Egypt and smokes a hookah, or hubble bubble. His white clothes are spotted with red stains

Early Japanese Cigarette Packet - Front and Back (combined) - Mikasa cigarettes specially manuafctured for The Japanese Tobacco Monopoly by A G Cousis & Co. Cairo & Malta

Cairo, Egypt - British Father and daughter - Street snap
Cairo, Egypt - British Father and daughter - candid street snap. Note the use of classic western brand names for the local boutiques

Cairo, Egypt - Arabic School House Date: circa 1904

The British Consulate Building - Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1908

Water Melon Seller, Cairo
A water melon seller with his laden donkey in a narrow Cairo street; baskets are lowered on ropes to collect slices of melon Date: 1912

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