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| Gnanathanappan Ramachandran | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Egypt | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C., and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The last native dynasty fell to the Persians in 341 B.C., who in turn were replaced by the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines. It was the Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century and who ruled for the next six centuries. A local military caste, the Mamluks took control about 1250 and continued to govern after the conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Turks in 1517. Following the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869, Egypt became an important world transportation hub, but also fell heavily into debt. Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of Egypt's government in 1882, but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914. Partially independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty with the overthrow of the British-backed monarchy in 1952. The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt. A rapidly growing population (the largest in the Arab world), limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile all continue to overtax resources and stress society. The government has struggled to meet the demands of Egypt's growing population through economic reform and massive investment in communications and physical infrastructure. {Courtesy: CIA World Fact book} This gallery contains images taken in 2002 using Kodak Gold 400 and later scanned in 2010. I've tried my best to remove the scratch marks where possible after having dumped the negatives in a cupboard for close to 8 year unattended. As someone who had done this exercise of scanning old negatives would appreciate, its a very painful and time consuming activity. I shall try and scan the remaining negatives, and process them for any scratches and upload them here to this gallery in the next few months to come. | ||
 The hanging church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary) |
 The Mosque of Amr Ibn El-Aas (the first and oldest mosque ever built in Egypt) |
 The Mosque of Amr Ibn El-Aas |
 The hanging church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary) |
 The hanging church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary) |
 The hanging church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary) |
 Hieroglyphics |
 Saqqara stepped pyramid |
 Saqqara stepped pyramid |
 Tomb of Mereruka (son-in-law of Pharaoh Teti) |
 Statue of Mereruka |
 Saqqara stepped pyramid |
 Saqqara stepped pyramid |
 Saqqara stepped pyramid |
 Saqqara stepped pyramid |
 Saqqara stepped pyramid |
 Unfinished Obelisk |
 Unfinished Obelisk |
 Entrance to one of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings |
 Inside a tomb - Valley of the kings |
 Khafre's Pyramid |
 The Great Pyramid of Khufu |
 Khafre's Pyramid |
 The Great Pyramid of Khufu |
 The Great Pyramid of Khufu |
 From inside Khafre's Pyramid |
 Sarcophagus inside Khafre's Pyramid |
 From inside Khafre's Pyramid |
 The Great Giza Pyramids |
 The Great Giza Pyramids |
 The Egyptian Museum |
 @ The Egyptian Museum |
 @ The Egyptian Museum |
 @ The Egyptian Museum |
 @ The Egyptian Museum |
 @ The Egyptian Museum |
 @ The Egyptian Museum - Tut's Throne |
 Inside the Edfu temple |
 Inside the Edfu temple |
 IInside the Edfu temple |
 Inside the Edfu temple |
 Inside the Edfu temple |
 The Edfu temple |
 The Edfu temple |
 Top deck of the Cruise ship |
 The Nile |
 The Nile |
 The Nile |
 The Nile |
 The Nile - from a cabin in the lower deck |
 The Nile - from a cabin in the lower deck |
 The Nile |
 The Nile |
 Ready to drop anchor ahoyyy |
 The Nile |
 The Nile - Another cruise ship |
 The Nile - Another cruise ship |
 The Nile |
 Approching Kom Ombo |
 Approching Kom Ombo |
 Approching Kom Ombo |
 In Kom Ombo |
 In Kom Ombo |
 In Kom Ombo |
 In Kom Ombo |
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