Nile Collection (page 8)

Mit Gamr / Nile / Egypt
Mit Gamr on the Lower Nile. Date: 1904

The Upper Nile / Egypt
The Upper Nile on a windy day. Date: 1904

Irrigated Field, Egypt
Water lying in a field irrigated with water from the Nile Date: 1904

Denderah Temple / Egypt
The massive pillars under the Portico of the Temple dedicated to Isis/Hathor at Denderah on the west bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt. Date: 1848

Antinous (Bell)
ANTINOUS, favourite and companion of emperor Hadrianus, drowned in the Nile aged 20 : many statues and busts of him were erected Date: 117 - 138

Speke / Grant / Cartoon
Speke and Grant confirmed the source of the Nile (1860-63). Britannia finds the Nile: " Ah, Mr Nile! So I ve found you at last!" Date: 1862-63

Moses Found in the Nile
As a baby he is abandoned on the Nile but is fortunately rescued by no less than Pharaohs daughter

Eclipse / Aswan Dam 1901
Photographed above the Aswan dam on the Nile, Egypt Date: 11 November 1901

James Bruce in Africa
Explorer James Bruce reaches the source of the Blue Nile in Africa Date: 1770

WW1 - Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force - Christmas card
WW1 - A small-format Christmas greetings card sent home from Egypt by Corporal Sidney R Davis (T.59454) of 5. T.T. Company Royal Army Service Corps (R.A.S.C.)

Columns of the Luxor Temple, Egypt
Columns of the Luxor Temple - a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in Luxor (ancient Thebes). Date: 1911

Cartoon, Extirpation of the Plagues of Egypt, Destruction of Revolutionary Crocodiles; or, The British Hero cleansing the Mouth of the Nile, by James Gillray

Nile bichir, Polypterus bichir.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Nile monitor crocodile, Varanus niloticus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Nile soft-shelled turtle, Trionyx triunguis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Atlantic saury, Scomberesox saurus, and Nile bichir, Polypterus bichir.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Nile perch, Lates niloticus, and sleeper fish or gudgeon, Ophiocara macrolepidota.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830

Herodotus - Early Traveller and Historian - In Egypt
Herodotus - Ancient Greek Traveller and Historian - Visiting Aswan in Ancient Egypt. His eye-witness accounts indicate that he travelled in Egypt probably sometime after 454 BC or possibly earlier in

illustration alluding to the conflicts for the colonial division of Africa between the European powers from the 1880s to the beginning of the First World War

Egyptian ship. Rowers
EGYPT. Dayr al-Bahri. Valley of the Kings. Egyptian ship. Rowers and helmsman. Decoration of Sennefers hypogeum at Theban necropolis (TT96). Dynasty XVIII (1550-1292 BC). Egyptian art. New Kingdom

Atlas Novus. Africa, 17th c Alexandria
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Africae Nova Descriptio. Map of Africa printed in Amsterdam ca. 1635. Detail with view of the city of Alexandria. Etching. SPAIN

Nile Monitor / Water Leguaan / River Leguaan (Varanus niloticus). Africa

River steamer Nubia, Cairo, Egypt
River tourist steamer Nubia, belonging to the Anglo American Nile & Tourist Company, Cairo, Egypt

River steamer The Mayflower, Cairo, Egypt
River steamer The Mayflower (The Anglo), Cairo, Egypt. Date: early 20th century

Flags of UK, Egypt, Australia, Italy, France, Belgium - WWI
Printed Cotton. Souvenir of Egypt. Flags of UK, Egypt, Australia, Italy, France and Belgium. God Save The King printed in English and Arabic. Portraits of the Allied Leaders

Irrigation from the River Nile, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

View of the River Nile from the Quarries of Toura, Egypt. Date: 1857

Boat at Qasr Ibrim on the River Nile, Egypt. Date: 1857

People on the banks of the River Nile, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Nile barge, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Excavation for Aswan Dam, Egypt
Excavation in progress for the Niles Aswan Dam in the Bab-El-Kibir region of Egypt. Date: 1902

Excavation along line of Aswan Dam, Egypt
A photograph of excavation along the line of the Niles Aswan Dam in eastern Egypt. Date: 1902

Philae Island and Temple, Nile River, Egypt
Philae, Egypt - an island in the First Cataract of the Nile River and the site of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex. The entire complex was dismantled

Dilapidated Philae temple interior
The Crumbling walls and pillars of the Philea temple, part of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex situated on the Island of Philea. Date: 1900s

Assiut Barrage
Assiut or Asyut Barrage on the River Nile in Egypt: general view upstream showing the lock. Date: 1902

Constructing the Assiut Barrage
Foundations and masonry in the process of construction during the building of the Assiut or Asyut Barrage on the River Nile in Egypt, about 350 miles downstream of the original Aswan Dam

View of Aswan Dam during construction
A view of the Aswan Dam on the River Nile in Egypt during construction, from upstream. Date: 1902

Aswan Dam from downstream
The Aswan Dam on the River Nile, Egypt, from downstream. Date: 1902

View of the Aswan Dam
Birds eye view of the Aswan Dam and locks on the River Nile in Egypt. Date: 1902

Assiut Barrage on the Nile
Constructing the Assiut of Asyut Barrage on the River Nile in Egypt, about 350 miles downstream of the Aswan Dam. The dam was built in order to divert the waters of the Nile into Egypts largest

Building the Aswan Dam
Excavation at the Western Channel of the Aswan Dam on the River Nile in Egypt. Date: 1902

Construction of the Aswan Dam
Construction of the first Aswan Dam (the low or old dam) on the River Nile in Egypt: commencing masonry in the western channel. Date: 1902

Egypt Philae
General view of the island in the Nile. Date: circa 1840

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

MAP AFRICA
Portuguese and other early navigators got the African coast fairly well, but the interior, including the source of the Nile, is somewhat fancifully depicted. Date: 16th century

Map Egypt and Sudan
Map covering the area from the Nile delta to the Mountains of the Moon. Zambia and the Zaire river are marked. Date: 16th century

Egyptian Farming 1930S
An Egyptian farmer ploughing the sands on the banks of the River Nile. Date: early 1930s

Selling Watermelons
Egyptian traders selling watermelons from a boat on the River Nile. Date: early 1930s

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