Alexander Nesbitt Photography Archive

City of the dead, Cairo

Cairo, Egypt, The City of the Dead, 1998 - Boy releases a pet dove in the family kitichen area while his mother sleeps next to a grave. 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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Cairo, Egypt, The City of the Dead, 1998 - Boy releases a pet dove in the family kitichen area while his mother sleeps next to a grave. 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.