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Elephantine, Egypt. Island in the Nile River, opposite the city of Aswan. Detail of the nilometer. Stepped construction in the rock, with marks to measure the flow of the Nile river during the annual flood season. Taxes were established on the basis of this information, besides to be able to calculate the volume of the crop to be harvested in the fields.
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Caption:
Elephantine, Egypt. Island in the Nile River, opposite the city of Aswan. Detail of the nilometer. Stepped construction in the rock, with marks to measure the flow of the Nile river during the annual flood season. Taxes were established on the basis of this information, besides to be able to calculate the volume of the crop to be harvested in the fields.
Credit:
Album / Prisma
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Image size:
2800 x 4211 px | 33.7 MB
Print size:
23.7 x 35.7 cm | 9.3 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AGRARIAN FARMING • AGRARIAN • AGRARIAN_FARMING • AGRICOLA • AGRICOLTURE • AGRICULTURAL • AGRICULTURE • AGRICULTURE: HARVEST • ANCIENT EGYPT • ARABLE FARMING • ARCHAEOL. SITE: ASSUAN (ET) • ARTFORM • ASSUAN • ASSUAN, ARCHAEOL. SITE (ET) • ASWAN GOVERNORATE • ASWAN • BLOCK • BLOCKS • BUILDING • CALCULATE • CALCULATING • CALCULATION • CAUDAL • CHANNEL • CONSTRUCTION • CONSTRUCTIONS • COURSE • CROP • CROPS • CULTIVATION • CULTURAL • CULTURE • CULTURES • DELUGE • DUG • DUTIES (ECONOMY) • ECONOMY • EDUCATION • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • ELEFANTINA • ELEPHANTINE ISLAND • ELEPHANTINE • EXCAVATED • FARMING • FLOOD SEASON • FLOOD • FLOOD, THE • FLOODING • FLOW • GREEN • HARVEST • HARVESTED • HARVESTING • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • INUNDATION • ISLA • ISLAND • ISLANDS • LADDER • LEVEL (TOOL) • LEVEL • LEVIES • LUXOR • MEASURE • MEASUREMENT • MEASUREMENTS • MEASURING • NILE RIVER • NILE VALLEY • NILE • NILOMETER • PERIOD • REAPING • RIVER NILE • ROCK • ROCKY • SCENE • SHOP • STAIR • STAIRCASE • STAIRS • STAIRWAY • STATE BUDGETS AND TAXES • STEP • STEPPED • STEPS • STONE BLOCK • STONE BLOCKS • STONE • STONES • TAX • TAXATION • TAXES • TEBAS • TECHNICAL • TECHNIQUE • TECHNOLOGY • TEHNOLOGY • THÈBES • THRESHING • VOLUME • VOLUMEN • WATER GAUGE • WATER LEVEL INDICATOR • WATER LEVEL • WATER • WATER-LEVEL MARKER • WATER-LEVEL • WATERGAUGE • WATERS
