Alexander Nesbitt Photography Archive

City of the Dead, Cairo

Some 1/2 million people inhabit the massive, 7km long cemetery that borders the easter side of Cairo. They form a complete civilization living on top of, within, and around the graves of their ancestors.

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Some 1/2 million people inhabit the massive, 7km long cemetery that borders the easter side of Cairo. They form a complete civilization living on top of, within, and around the graves of their ancestors.