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Egypt

39 images Created 23 Nov 2012

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  • Egypt, 2000 - A wooden door hand carved with traditional Islamic decorations. The door partitions off a section of a mosque in old Islamic Cairo.
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  • Egypt, 2000 - Chalk formations in the white desert, near Farafra Oasis. Erosion from blowing sand has carved odd chalk formations. Warm highlights from a setting sun delinate the white chalk against the indigo blue of a dusk sky.
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  • Egypt, 2000 - Three local girls in colorful dresses walk through the Mendes dig site while balancing baskets on their heads. The baskets are filled with earth from excavation at the dig site near Mansura in the Nile Delta. The bright yellow, red, and purple dresses are the girls work clothes.
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  • Egypt, 2000 - Sinous dune ridge in the great sand sea
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  • Egypt, 2000 - Sinous dune ridge in the great sand sea
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  • Egypt, 2000 - A rippled sand dune in the Great Sand Sea backed by blue skies.
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  • Men smoke water pipes (Sheesha) in a traditional cafe, west bank, Luxor, Egypt.
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  • Egypt, Cairo 2000 - Interior of the Muhammad Ali Mosque on the citadel in Cairo
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  • Karnack Temple, Luxor, Egypt - The Hidden gate
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  • Egyptian Antiqueties department sign promoting tourism on the west bank, Luxor, Egypt
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  • Egypt, 2000 - View over Cairo to the pyramids at Giza from the minaret of a ruinied mosque on the Moquatum cliffs.
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  • Camel drivers at the great pyramids at Giza, Egypt
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  • Cairo, Egypt - Fruit sellers stall near the citadal with vibrantly displayed fruits.
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  • Egypt, 2000 - Man carries crate through the covered passages of 600 year old, mud brick, village of El quasr in Dakhla oasis. As the passage contracts into the distance, the light gets more intense. The man is at the tunnel's end silhouetted by the bright light.
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  • EGYPT, 2000 - Egyptian Western desert, Bedouin guide leads a camel caravan on a trek along the Dharb el Dakhla track from Farafra Oasis to Dakhla Oasis through the dunes of the sand sea. Sun plays though patchy cloud to form bands of light across gentle dunes.
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  • Suez, 1997 - Traditionally dressed woman feels the water. She will have to swim in all of her clothes while childen swim freely around her. A container ship loaded with cargo makes its way through the suez canal in the background.
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  • Egypt, 2000 -  A felucca rests on the shore of the beautifully colored Mediterranean.  Anchored in the shallow water, it waits to taxi passengers across the bay in Marsa Matrough. White sands, clear water and a rich blue sky accent the bright yellow boat.
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  • Egypt, Luxor 1999 - A Felucha glides through the sunset on the Nile River
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  • The cheap shop in town. Bahariya Oasis, Egypt.
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  • Egypt, 2000 -  An Egyptian store cleverly advertises its advantages. "The Cheap Shop in Town."
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  • Egypt, Siwa Oasis 1999 - A woman, wrapped in the traditional blue robes of the Siwa Oasis, enters her family home. In her blue robe she blends in perfectly with the surrounding buildings.
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  • Egypt, 2000 - Sunset with domed Cairo Mosque. The setting sun silhouettes the spire of an Islamic mosque against an deep orange sky.
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  • An ornately Carved wooden wall partitions of a section of a mosque, old Islamic Cairo, Egypt.
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  • Mother with ancient pharonic nose ring in the tiny oasis of Ain El Taneen, near Farafra Egypt
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  • Interior of the Muhamed Ali Mosque, part of the Citadel of Cairo, Egypt
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