Egypt: General [003]

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Title Egypt: General [003]
Photo Number Box 20, Egypt, General, 13
Description Photo showing a 1954 caravan traveling to Wadi Halfa, Sudan from Egypt
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1954
Subject Travel--Egypt--Photographs; Caravans--Egypt--Photographs; People--Egypt--Photographs; Egyptians--Egypt--Photographs; Nomads--Africa, North--Egypt--Photographs; Camels--Egypt--Photographs; Goats--Egypt--Photographs; Egypt; Travel; Caravans
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Caption on Slide Caravan to Wadi Halfa.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Wādī Ḥalfā, Wadi Halfa, Sudan. town, extreme northern Sudan. It lies on the east bank of the Nile River 6 miles (10 km) below the Second Cataract, just south of the Egyptian border. Located within ancient Nubia, the town and its environs are rich in antiquities; the ruins of Buhen-an Egyptian colony of the Middle Kingdom period that existed until Roman times-lie across the river. A terminus of both railway and steamship lines, Wādī Ḥalfā is an agricultural and commercial centre serving both Egypt and The Sudan ... --Encyclopædia Britannica Online .
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6cz3qh4
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 335090
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cz3qh4
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