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| Keywords: Zangaki. 0388. The Pests of the Pyramids.jpg Scrapbook page with one photograph showing a group of children gathered in the middle of the road leading to the Egyptian Pyramids annotated with additional information about the Pyramids Subjects Egypt travel photography pyramids tombs group portraits children people by age group Pyramids--Egypt--Al-Qāhirah Page size 33 x 38 1 cm Annotations Traditions exist that these Pyramids were covered by inscriptions and while no traces remain it is quite in accord with the habits of the Egyptians Inasmuch as temples obelisks and mastabas are covered with inscriptions it is quite natural to infer that the same course should have been pursued with the Pyramids The Copts have a legend that one inscription read I have built the Pyramid in sixty years let him who come after me try to destroy it in six hundred I have covered it with silk let them try to cover it with mats Myth describes a Lady of the Pyramids a beautiful naked woman with dazzling teeth enthroned on continued next page Language English photograph has French title Rights No known restrictions Coverage Egypt Notes Title supplied by cataloger derived from captions or annotated information Format Scrapbooks Technique Photographs Albumen prints BPL Department Print Department Photo 1 Photographer Zangaki Constantine Title No 388 La retoure des Pyramides Caption The pests of the Pyramids Date ca 1860-1890 Flickr data on 2011-08-03 Camera Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW Sinar m License CC BY 2 0 User Boston Public Library BPL Flickr http //flickr com/photos/24029425 N06/2468304141 The Pests of the Pyramids December 21 1892 March 8 1893 Flickr upload date 2008-05-01 17 10 32 William Vaughn Tupper Flickr uploader http //www flickr com/people/24029425 N06 BPL User Flickr upload bot/upload 14 45 3 August 2011 UTC Fæ CC BY 2 0 PD-old-100 Historical images of Giza 1890s Historical images of Great Pyramid 1890s Tupper Scrapbooks volume 26 Lower Egypt Zangaki Brothers Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script Zangaki Photo Collection Nile flood in Giza 1892 in Egypt | ||||
