This time travel is provided by Brooklyn Museum Archives (© photos).
It’s fantastic archive gives us a rare look at inherent beauty of the land, that we now, so often, hear about only in terms of violence and disrupted lives.
Egypt: Partly submerged palms above Nile dam, Upper Egypt Copyright, 1908, by Stereo-Travel Co. Brooklyn Museum Archives
Egypt: Donkey and Cart, Kasr-en-Nil T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician. 49 Nassau Street, New York. Brooklyn Museum Archives
Egypt: Pyramids of Dashur from Sakkara T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician. 49 Nassau Street. Hooper. Brooklyn Museum Archives
Egypt: Arab porters, Alexandria Brooklyn Museum Archives
Egypt: Arabic Window and Native Bazaar, Cair T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician. 49 Nassau Street. Brooklyn Museum Archives
Egypt: Arab water-carrier girls. Brooklyn Museum Archives
Egypt: Pompey’s Pillar, Alexandria T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician. 49 Nassau Street. Brooklyn Museum Archives
Egypt: Sunset on the Nile. Brooklyn Museum Archives