Egypt Through Time: Photographs From 1800-2013
The Pyramids in 1880.
Since the 2011 revolution, old photographs of Egypt and classic films showing an elegant and prosperous Egyptian society have sporadically appeared on social networks. Essentially, many are searching to learn and be inspired by the past in order to build a brighter future. Below, is a collection of photographs of Egypt (mainly from Cairo and Alexandria) taken between the 1800s and present day.
1800s
The Citadel in Cairo in 1870
‘Old’ Cairo in the 1870s with the Citadel in the background
Alexandria in 1875
Near the Pyramids in 1875.
Lower Egypt, 1885
Abdeen Square in 1892
Qasr Al-Nil Bridge near Tahrir Square 1880-1890s
1900-1939
Cairo’s French District in 1900-1910
Tahrir Square in 1900s
The National Bank of Cairo in 1910
King Farouk and his sisters in the 1930s
The view from Mokattam (Cairo) in 1920
Hotel Cecil in Alexandria in 1920. This was a luxury hotel, highly renowned at the time.
Karnak Temple Entrance 1920 (Luxor)
Cairo Railway Station 1920s
A street in Cairo, 1929
Fouad Street, Cairo in 1935
Alexandria’s Korniche in 1935
A street peddler in 1935
1940-1999
A Cairo Street in 1941
Pedestrians in Cairo, 1941
A military plane flies over the Pyramids in 1942
Rolls Royce cars at the Royal Abdeen Palace in 1940s
A Cairo street in 1954
Alexandria’s Stanley Beach in the 1950s
Beach-goers in the 1950s
Tahrir Square in 1960
Alexandria’s Korniche in 1960
Louis Armstrong and his wife at the Pyramids in 1961
Ramsees Square in the 1960s
A female traffic officer (normally after-school volunteers) in the 1960s
The re-assembling of Abu Simbel in 1968
Former Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat and Former US President Richard Nixon at the Pyramids in 1974
Tahrir Square, 1975
Present Day
The Nile River
Restaurants on the Nile River
A sunset in Cairo
Near Khan El-Khalili
The Pyramids and the Sphinx
Concrete jungle (Cairo)?
An ottoman period mosque located across the 14th-century madrasa in Khan El-Khalili
Shali in Siwa Oasis
Tahrir Square on January 25, 2011
Tahrir Square on July 3, 2013. Credit: Ian Lee
[Photographs sourced from various locations – many without credits. Some sources include Egypt Zaman, The Denver Post, LIFE, and The New York Public Library]
Egyptian Streets 
Ich bin immer auf der Suche nach qualitativ hochwertigen Inhalten und dieser Artikel hat meine Erwartungen übertroffen. Vielen Dank für Ihre harte Arbeit.
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I am Greek, and I was born in Cairo, the same like my father and my grandfather.
I left in 1960 for studies and my family followed in 1965 and 1967.
I still miss MY Egypt. The one I knew when I was a child. The tolerant non-veiled Egypt.
It is not the old souvenirs that make things look ideal and much better than what they used to be. We lived in a certain harmony and enjoyed what could and should have been a paradise and I truly believe that this generous and tolerant country was a real melting pot of many civilizations. At least for persons and nationalities that wanted to live in friendly relations.
As for the lady who mentions “My family was kicked out of Egypt because we are Jews.” I’m sorry for her, because many of my childhood friends left the country that same period and I never met then again, but I’d like to remind her, because in 1956 I was 13 years old, that she was eventually deported not because she was Jew, but most probably because she was either a French or a British citizen, after the three-partite aggression in Suez. For years I was not feeling “friendly” after we left OUR EGYPT, but for God’s sake, we have to be honest at least with our selves.
God bless Egypt for what it did offer to all of us.
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Here is a link to Cairo photos from 1952 to 1956 http://www.coug.net/egyptphotos
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Amazing!
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you’re ignorant. and you’re probably the one who doesn’t shower. 🙂
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amazing
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Now all the Women have a tent over their head, muslim men have long beards and dont shower. The Streets are dirty and smelly.
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And where are you getting this exactly? CNN?
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Unfortunately you’re partly true. Things are declining so fast in good old Egypt.. I still have hope for a turnaround though. Never loose hope.
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Who told you that muslim men have long breads and don’t shower ! am muslim men and i don;t have long breads and i don’t think that i have to tell how many showers i took per day ! Also not all women have a tent over their head… i believe that you are watching Egypt from the side you want to see it.
You are watching them through CNN BBC ! i think that you have to see Egypt from different side.
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