Nile Collection (page 9)

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

On the Nile. Hone, Nathaniel 1831 - 1917

Greetings from Egypt - Water Carrier Girl and Donkey Drivers
Greetings from Egypt - featuring inset photographs of a Water Carrier Girl and a team of Donkey Drivers beneath palm trees on the banks of the River Nile. Date: circa 1910s

Greetings from Egypt - Dam on the Nile and Greek Statue
Greetings from Egypt - A Dam on the River Nile and the remains of a Greek Statue. Date: circa 1910s

Sailing boats passing the swing bridge - Cairo, Egypt
Dhows passing through an open swing bridge on the River Nile - Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1930s

Roman river-god Nile - Vatican Museum, Vatican City, Rome
Roman statue of the river-god Nile, Rome. I century AD - Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome. Date: circa 1930s

The Grain Market - Omdurman, Sudan on the banks of the River Nile. Date: circa 1910s

The Temple of Philae, Nile, Egypt
The Temple of Philae. Philae is an island in Lake Nasser, Egypt. It was formerly an island in the First Cataract of the Nile River

Sudan - An Ambatch Canoe on the White Nile Date: circa 1910

Sudan - Africa - Shilluk Hippo Hunters at Hillet Abbas
Shilluk Hippo Hunters at Hillet Abbas, Al Wusta, Sudan, Africa. The Shilluk (who now prefer to be known as Chollo), are a major Nilotic ethnic group of Southern Sudan

Small Baby boy in a Moses Basket amid the reeds. The child is showing admirable resourcefulness in taking along a brolly, in case of showers or passing high speed motor boats

Crocodilus niloticus, Nile crocodile eggs
The Natural History Museums collections include examples of earlier life history stages as well as adults, and these are also preserved in spirit

Cocodriles in the Nile river. Engraving after a drawing by a F.Padr󮠅 ngraving

EGYPT. ASWAN. Aswan. Elephantinte Island. Nilometer, a flight of stairs used to measure the water level of Nile river

Barberini Mosaic or Nile Mosaic. 1st-2nd c. Lower detail. Roman art. Early Empire. Mosaic. ITALY. Palestrina. Palestrina National Museum of Archaeology

GENTILESCHI, Orazio Lomi (1565-1638). Moses Rescued from the Nile. Baroque art. Oil on canvas

Red Sea - Sudan - S.S.Salween shipboard swimming pool and play area - not normally supplied - but vital as there were lots of children. Date: 1951

Mycenae Dagger / Knossos
Inlaid designs on a Mycenae dagger-blade. Cheetahs and Khaffre cats hunting ducks on the banks o the Nile

Khartoum - The Blue Nile looking West
Khartoum, Sudan - The Blue Nile looking West Date: circa 1910s

Moses. Print showing Moses as an infant floating in a basket on a river. Date c1887 August 20

Sailboat on the Nile, Cairo, Egypt. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Egypt - British Soldier escorting an old blind Arab man
British Soldier escorting an old blind Arab man off a Nile Steamer, possibly at Port Said? Date: circa 1910s

Egypt or A daughter of the Nile. Date c1887

Market on the Nile, Cairo, Egypt
Christmas postcard depicting a scene at the Market on the Nile, Cairo, Egypt, with people, a camel, and sailing boats on the water. Date: early 20th century

Water carriers with water from the Nile, Egypt
Egyptian water carriers with water from the River Nile, ready to sell to anyone who needs it. Date: early 20th century

Shilluk Tribesmen
Three Shilluk Tribesmen standing in front of the framework for a round house. Date: circa 1910s

A Dinka Man - Sudan, Upper Nile Date: circa 1910s

Thomas Cook cruisers - Luxor, Egypt
Nile river cruisers of the Thomas Cook Co. moored alongside the Winter Palace Hotel at Luxor, Egypt. Date: circa 1908

Crocodile Shooting Party - Sudan
How many Sudanese marksmen does it take to shoot a crocodile.... Date: circa 1910s

Filtering drinking water - Cairo, Egypt. An egyptian man has collected water from the River Nile in his animal skin container and now transfers this water to a large terracotta pot

Boats on the Nile at dusk - Cairo, Egypt
Dahabiya boats morred on the banks of the River Nile in Egypt. The view in the beautiful light as the sun begins to set on the still mirror water. Date: circa 1930

Governors Boat on the Blue Nile
The Governors Boat - The Elfin - on the Blue Nile in Sudan Date: 1910s

Palm Trees and the White Nile at Tewfekieh, Sudan Date: circa 1910s

Sudan - The Market at Kosti, White Nile
Sudan - The Market ( Suk ) at Kosti, White Nile Date: circa 1910s

Aswan Low Dam and Reservoir
The Aswan Low Dam and Reservoir (Old Aswan Dam). The dam is a gravity masonry buttress dam on the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. Date: circa 1924

Sudan - Barbers Shop at Kosti, White Nile Date: circa 1910s

Allied soldiers awaiting orders, Egypt, WW1
Allied soldiers awaiting orders for the defence of the Nile, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Camel convoy at Shellal, Egypt, WW1
A camel convoy at Shellal, a village on the Nile, south of Aswan, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: 1918

Greek fire used by Saracens, 1248
Greek fire used by Saracens against Crusaders when crossing a branch of the Nile, 1248

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