Sujet
The el-Nabih underground cistern in Alexandria
Légende
The el-Nabih underground cistern in Alexandria, The city's cisterns were built during the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods to store drinking water. Today out of the original 500 cisterns only el-Nabih is accessible. View of mid-level series of arches and re-used Ionic style capital. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. circa 9th C AD. Alexandria.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ N.J. Saunders
Date
06 août 2008
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A40_139
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
17,2Mo (3,0Mo) / 25,5cm x 16,9cm / 3008 x 2000 (300dpi)