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Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Exodus, xviii:10.)--'And Jethro said, Blessed
be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hands of the Egyptians, and out of the hands of Pharaoh; who hath delivered
the people from under the hands of the Egyptians.' We give a picture here of a scene in the garden of the Gizeh Museum. This
Museum was originally built by Isma 'il Pasha for his harem. He was made Khedive in 1867. The Suez Canal was opened during
his reign. Owing to the enormous debt he fastened upon the Egyptian government, Isma 'il Pasha was dethroned in 1879. This
harem, in which the Egyptian antiquities are now housed, was built at an expense of five million pounds sterling. After the
great Pasha was dethroned, this, among the rest of his property, was confiscated and turned over to the government. In love
of pleasure and magnificence of fancy he fitly represents in modern times the luxurious Pharaohs who reigned in Egypt during
the sojourn of the [missing text]" "Franklin Co Eng-Chi" is printed at the bottom of the photograph. See 5321BAI/LVii47CAJS
(Voyager # 361033)
A pool of water in a garden with a palm tree in the foreground and a large building visible through the trees in the background
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