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Collecting water from the Nile, Egypt, c1798. Artist: Unknown

Collecting water from the Nile, Egypt, c1798. Shadufs being used to raise water from the River Nile. A shaduf is an irrigation tool, originally developed in Ancient Egypt. Plate 6 from Vol II, Arts and Trades of 'Descriptions of Egypt', a book published under the orders of Napoleon in 1822, documenting his military and scientific expedition to Egypt in 1798.
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Title: Collecting water from the Nile, Egypt, c1798. Artist: Unknown
Caption: Collecting water from the Nile, Egypt, c1798. Shadufs being used to raise water from the River Nile. A shaduf is an irrigation tool, originally developed in Ancient Egypt. Plate 6 from Vol II, Arts and Trades of 'Descriptions of Egypt', a book published under the orders of Napoleon in 1822, documenting his military and scientific expedition to Egypt in 1798.
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Image size: 4475 × 3930 px | 50.3 MB
Print size: 37.9 × 33.3 cm | 1761.8 × 1547.2 in (300 dpi)