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Article: Egypt's ancient wonders: from Alexandria to Abu Simbel, Cairo to the Colossi of Memnon, the Great Pyramid to the Temples of Philae--ever since the camera was invented, people have taken photographs of the splendours of Egypt: Charlie Furniss presents some of the earliest examples from the archives of the Royal Geographical Society.(Geographical Archive)
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- October 1, 2004
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As Anthony Sattin explains in the previous article, visiting Egypt today isn't a simple business. Tourism is a multi-million-dollar industry and everyone wants a piece of the action. It's hard to soak up the majesty of the monuments and appreciate their place in history with tour guides giving authoritative lectures everywhere and hawkers offering rugs or papyruses, or pressing you to take a camel ride.
But 100 years ago, when photographers were visiting Egypt for the first time, it was a different proposition. By 21st-century standards, Cairo was a small city, with fewer than a million people. Today, of course, it's one of the world's largest, its population ...
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