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Egypt (Best 50)

50 images Created 20 Mar 2016

The best 50 from an edit of 500 and from a 10-day self-financed trip to Luxor and the Western Desert. Staying with a local family on the West Bank, I photographed aspects of contemporary Egyptian life as well as some of the ancient temples. I was then given permission from the authorities to make an accompanied (police escorted) visit to the Dakhla Oasis and surrounding dunes, driven by a Bedouin guide. This material is on sale as Rights Managed.

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  • A nuts and seeds stallholder pushes his cart towards arriving tourists in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • A local woman walks past colourful dress designs on a stall at the weekly market at Qurna, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A Chinese-speaking tourist group enjoy the experience of visiting the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.
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  • Detail of a street vendor's food stall in a street cafe in Kharga Oasis in the Western Desert, Egypt.
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  • A young Egyptian plays football near a Shakepearean quote, written on the wall of a house in the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A local Egyptian man walks past the ancient Egyptian Colossi of Memnon site, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Colossi of Memnon (memorial temple of Amenophis III) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned during Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
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  • Workmen repair the facade of a restaurant in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A crewman of a felucca prepares the sail during a journey on the River Nile at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Feluccas are ancient Egyptian sail boats which were used in ancient times as a primary mode of transport and are the only type of boat that is still used extensively in the country.
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  • A stallholder erects a shelter from the sun at the weekly market at Qurna, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Neighbours hold an informal meeting under Islamic murals in a street of the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A local family enjoy their youngest child in Bairat, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Tourist trinkets and statues in the souk at Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Modern hieroglyphic artwork painted on a wall of local wasteground in the village of Gezirat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A towel airs from a line in Gezirat, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A young Egyptian man has a shave from the local barber in Bairat, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Mustafa, a young Egyptian brings soft sugarcane branches for horses and camels at the Pharaohs Stable (pharaohsstables.com), a business dependent on tourism based in the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • While young Egyptian girls joke among themselves, older Christian women say prayers and make offerings at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
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  • Christian families leave St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
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  • Tourists walk past the giant colossus of Pharaoh Ramesses ll and Bintanat at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Karnak, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A local man sweeps away dust beneath a poster for healthy living with wasteground dereliction in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A local girl in red runs past a blue painted house in a village near Medinet Habu on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A moderately wealthy Egyptian family of different ages sit on their courtyard steps of their home in the village of Bairat, on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Local men on the West Bank of the river Nile talk at dawn on railings overlooking the city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Guards await tourists near Ramessid columns in the peristyle court at the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. According to the country's Ministery of Tourism, European visitors to Egypt  is down by up to 80% in 2016 after the suspension of flights after the downing of the Russian airliner in Oct 2015. Euro-tourism accounts for 27% of the total flow and in total, tourism accounts for 11.3% of Egypt's GDP.
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  • A quirky landscape of a modern-day street cafe's pharaonic illustrations and in the background, the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
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  • Arid and barren desert dune landscape at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • A family works fertile fields where agriculture is important for survival, at Bedhal at Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt where the availability of water determines the agricultural economic life in an oasis village. Dakhla Oasis consists of several communities, along a string of sub-oases. The main settlements are Mut (more fully Mut el-Kharab and anciently called Mothis), El-Masara, Al-Qasr, Qalamoun, together with several smaller villages. Some of the communities have identities that are separate from each other. Qalamoun has inhabitants that trace their origins to the Ottomans.
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  • Three Egytptian women walk through smoky air, emitted from a kebab business on a street in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Locals shop at the weekly market at Qurna, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A local sugarcane cutter works in late-morning heat and dust near Qurna, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. In Egypt, sugar cane juice is called aseer asab and is by far the most popular drink served by almost all fruit juice vendors, who are abundant in most cities. It is sold by roadside vendors, where the juice is squeezed fresh when ordered. Raw sugar cane juice can be a health risk to drinkers due to the unhygienic conditions under which it is prepared. There are some diseases that can be transmitted by raw sugar-cane like Leptospirosis
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  • A young woman struggles with a wheelbarrow laden with produce at the weekly market at Qurna, a village on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Local schoolchildren play memory card games at the American-sponsored Theban Mapping Project Library on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Theban Mapping Project's goal is to enable local people to have a place where they can read and learn. The organisation is run by American Egyptologist Dr Kent Weeks who is committed to the original goal of accurately documenting the archaeological heritage of Thebes
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  • Schoolboys learn verses from the Koran during a religious class in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • An aerial view of schoolboys reading Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A hot air balloon and the roof of a local mosque in a West Bank village of the modern city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A Bedouin inspects rubbish left in desert sand dunes near the Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • A bird of prey hangs from electrical wires after being killed by a local pigeon farmer, whose birds he is trying to protect at Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Miost birds including flamingos, stalks, cranes and all large birds of prey are protected under Egyptian law. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
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  • An elderly Egyptian man sleeps in the mid-day shade of a mud-splattered wall in the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Fresco paintings inside the Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
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  • Egyptian women under sunlit hieroglyphs in the dark recesses of the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great  and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • A trinkets stallholder pushes his cart towards arriving tourists in front of the ancient Egyptian columns of Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The temple behind was built by Amenhotep III, completed by Tutankhamun then added to by Rameses II. Towards the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great and in another part, was a Roman encampment. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day.
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  • A detail of drinks and snacks on sale on blue shelving opposite the ancient Egyptian heritage site of the Colossi of Memnon on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Hieroglyphs on the first pylon at the ancient Egyptian site of Medinet Habu (1194-1163BC), the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
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  • A traditionally-dressed villager seen through the windscreen of a modern car in the village of Qurna, on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A local farmer on his cart is pulled along past a blue wall and arabic writing in a village near Medinet Habu on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A green-painted food stall and matching background colour of a youth centre in the village of Bairat on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • Funeral stretchers lean against a wall of a local cemetery in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A remote bus shelter in a desolate desert landscape near Bagdad, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The desert lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south and is patrolled by armed police convoys.
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  • A remote police roadblock landscape near Bagdad, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The desert lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south and is patrolled by armed police convoys.
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  • Friends greet each other warmly in the booking hall of the main railway station in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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