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Women from Cairo in her home outfit.

Egyptian woman on the streets.

Affluent Egyptian with his wife on their horse.

Acacia.

Sycamore fig (Ficus sycomorus).

Giraffe.

Bovid, possibly of the species Bos indicus or Zebu.

Mameluke soldier.

A Seis or Arab Groom.

Grand Cairo with its Citadel under mound Mokattam.

Lady of Cairo.

The Obelisk of Senusret (Sesostris) I, or Al-Masalla Obelisk, in Cairo.

View and plan of Nilometer, device to measure the height of the waters of the river Nile, on Rhoda island in Cairo.

Canopic jars from the necropolis of Abusir, near Cairo.

Joseph's Well (or Bir Yusuf) at the Saladin Citadel of Cairo.

Section of Cheops Pyramid in Giza.

Cheops Pyramid in Giza.

Relief with hieroglyphics from Giza.

Pilgrims departing from Cairo to Mecca.

The Mamluk Sultan of Egypt: Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri.

Officers of the Mamluk Sultan of Cairo.

Noble man of Cairo.

Lady of Cairo.

Mamluk soldier.

Christian Indian of Cairo.

Map of Cairo region and ancient Memphis. On the map the author notes some mosques and Christian temples.

View of the ruins of the fortress of Babylon, in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. View of the Pyramids of Dahshour, Saqqara and Giza.

View of granary in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. Plan of Roman fortress in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. Plan of the tower of the fortress (C). View of Roman fortress (Β).

View and bottom view of the reservoir of the aqueduct of Cairo.

View and plan of Egyptian sarcophagus from Cairo. Floor plan of the Amr ibn al-'As Mosque in Cairo.