Caption

Le Caire. Tombeaux des Khalifes, Graven van de Mammelukse kalifen te Caïro, stereograph, inscription: 'C', number: '23', number: '25343', photographer: JG Beers, Caïro (city), publisher: Nederlandsche Stereoscoop Maatschappij, Amsterdam, 1873 - 1890, Ottoman Empire, North Africa, Cairo (city), pasteboard, paper, albumen print, albumendruk, height 88 mm x width 179 mm, slavery, serfs and enslaved persons, grave, tomb, A sepia-toned photograph shows a skyline of domed stone buildings and mausoleums behind a high stone wall; a large ornate dome with patterned vertical ridges and arched openings at its base dominates left of center, flanked by smaller domes and towers with finials and small windows; the foreground features a rough stone embankment and a curved pathway or dry channel leading alongside the textured masonry wall, with scattered rubble and a small stepped section; in the distance more domed structures and parts of ruined walls rise against a pale sky.

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Le Caire Tombeaux des Khalifes Graven van de Mammelukse kalifen te Caïro stereograph inscription C number 23 25343 photographer JG Beers Caïro city publisher Nederlandsche Stereoscoop Maatschappij Amsterdam 1873 - 1890 Ottoman Empire North Africa Cairo pasteboard paper albumen print albumendruk height 88 mm x width 179 mm slavery serfs enslaved persons grave tomb sepia-toned photograph skyline domed stone buildings mausoleums high stone wall large ornate dome patterned vertical ridges arched openings base dominates left center flanked smaller domes towers finials small windows foreground features rough stone embankment curved pathway dry channel leading alongside textured masonry wall scattered rubble small stepped section distance domed structures parts ruined walls rise pale sky