Sujet
View of the nilometer, Cairo, Egypt, 1802. Artist: Thomas Milton
Légende
View of the nilometer, Cairo, Egypt, 1802. Nilometers were ancient devices for measuring the annual inundation of the Nile. The annual flooding of the Nile was always vitally important to Egypt as it governed the fertility of the soil and could mean the difference between abundance and starvation. Plate 2 from Views of Egypt by Luigi Mayer.
Historica Graphica Collection
Date
1900
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection
Notre référence
HRM19D59_426
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
60,2Mo (2,9Mo) / 33,0cm x 45,8cm / 3892 x 5409 (300dpi)