
The Nile and Pyramids, 1880

images that haunt us


Antonio Beato :: Island of Philae*, Nile River, Egypt, 1860′s / src: nuno korban
(*) Photograph of the original location of Philae, near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt. These rapids and the surrounding area have been variously flooded since the initial construction of the Aswan Low Dam in 1902.