November 12, 2012 · 3:45 pm
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Pictures of Egypt 1860 – 1880

reposted from:

http://www.retronaut.com/2012/11/the-levant-by-felix-bonfils/

1860s-1880s:

The Middle East by Félix Bonfils
Chris Wild
Arabians

Arabians
Barber shaving boy's head

Barber shaving boy’s head
Beirut

Beirut
Cairo

Cairo
Cairo

Cairo
Cairo

Cairo
Cairo

Cairo
Constantinople

Constantinople
Damascus

Damascus
Entrance to the Great Pyramid

Entrance to the Great Pyramid
Gates of the Holy Sepulchre

Gates of the Holy Sepulchre
Giza

Giza
Giza

Giza
Jerusalem

Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem
Karnak

Karnak
Mummies for sale

Mummies for sale
Palmyra

Palmyra
Petra

Petra
Pyramids

Pyramids
Road to Bethlehem

Road to Bethlehem
Sakkara, Egypt

Sakkara, Egypt
Sphinx

Sphinx
Syria

Syria
Temple of the Sun

Temple of the Sun
The Great Pyramid

The Great Pyramid
The Sphinx

The Sphinx
Tomb of El-Kefr

Tomb of El-Kefr
Tombs of the Judges

Tombs of the Judges
Western Wall

Western Wall
‘Félix Bonfils (1831-1885) was a French photographer and writer who was active in the Middle East. Four years after his arrival he reported 15,000 prints of Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Greece, and 9,000 stereoscopic-views‘

– Wikipedia

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    November 12, 2012 at 9:11 pm

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