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Old Cairo--Near the island of Rhoda, where Moses was discovered
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| Creator: |
Bain, Robert E. M
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| Title: |
Old Cairo--Near the island of Rhoda, where Moses was discovered [Graphic]
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| Translated Title: |
Earthly Footsteps of The Man of Galilee Being Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Original Photographic Views and Descriptions of
the Places Connected with the Earthly Life of Our Lord and His Apostles Traced with Note Book and Camera showing where Christ
was born, brought up, baptized, tempted, transfigured and crucified, together with the scenes of his prayers, tears, miracles
and sermons, and also places made sacred by the labors of his apostles, from Jerusalem to Rome by Bishop John H. Vincent,
D.D., LL.D., Rev. James W. Lee, D.D., and R.E.M. Bain. London: W.A. Hammond, Holborn Hall, E.C.
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| Year: |
St. Louis, 1894.
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| Object Details: |
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 17.8 cm ( 10 x 7 in).
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| Notes: |
Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Leviticus, viii:10.).--Old Cairo is upon the
suburbs of Modern Cairo, and lies between Memphis, where Moses was brought up, and Heliopolis, where he was educated. It is
in the neighborhood of the country in which the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt for 430 years. Near Old Cairo, according
to Josephus, stood the fortress of the Babylon of Egypt, which was founded by the Babylonian mercenary soldiers of Cambyses,
B.C. 525. Diodorus says that the Babylon of Egypt, which was occupied by the site where what is called Old Cairo now stands,
was founded by Assyrian captives in the time of Rameses II., who was the Pharaoh who oppressed the children of Israel. This
shows us that the particular site we see is connected with the early history of Egypt. During the reign of Augustus, Old Cairo
was the headquarters of one of the Roman legions garrisoned in Egypt." See 5148BAI/LVi66CAJS (Voyager # 358015)
Stone buildings, a picket fence, electric/telephone lines and palm trees with a mound in the foreground
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| Scanning Notes: |
1
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| Classification ID: |
5340BAI/LVii66CAJS
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| Collection: |
CAJS Image Collection LVii BAI 5340 LVii66CAJS
The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
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| Geographical Location: |
Egypt
Cairo (Egypt)
Old Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)
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