Research trip to Cairo – Part 2
Then and now. Parts of Cairo have not changed in hundreds of years. Modern photos taken last week, compared to paintings by David Roberts R.A. (1796-1864).
Wandering down the southern part of al-Muizz Street, in modern and Ottoman times a textile market, one sees that certain fashions haven’t changed either.
Please click on thumbnails below to scroll through the gallery:
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- The Market of the Silk Merchants – High Fashion
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- The Market of the Silk Merchants
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- The Market of the Silk Merchants (David Roberts)
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- Minarets and the Zuweyla Gate
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- Minarets and the Zuweila Gate (David Roberts)
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