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Many of us who have visited Egypt today, and experienced the crowds, regimented tours and perspex screens, must envy early travellers to Egypt for whom visiting the tombs and monuments must have been a real adventure. Even sixty years ago, visitors to Egypt had a very different experience to visitors today. The following pictures are taken from an album belonging to a British soldier who visited Saqqara around 1941, prior to joining the desert war against the Germans. More photographs on page 2.
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The Pyramids, Giza, 1941 |
The Sphinx, Giza, 1941 |
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Descending the Great Pyramid, Giza, 1941 |
Opened tomb, Saqqara, 1941 |
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A coffin excavated by locals, Saqqara, 1941 |
The coffin opened..... |
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