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Moses is retrieved from the Nile by Egyptian women. Engraving by S. Smith, 1786, after G. Robertson after F. Zuccarelli.

An incantatory ceremony in a village watched by men with spears. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, ca. 1920.

The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall after N. Poussin, 1654.

The Sudan: steamship Culex and floating laboratory on the Nile. Photograph by R.G. Archibald, 1911.

The infant Moses is brought before Pharaoh's daughter. Coloured lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

Egypt: the river Nile near Akhmim. Colour lithograph by G. Seitz, ca. 1878, after Carl Werner, 1870.

Abu Simbel: two temples seen from across the Nile river. Coloured etching by A. Aglio, 1820, after G. Belzoni.

Philae, Egypt: temple buildings reflected in the Nile. Photograph by A. Beato, ca. 1870.

A wedding in a north African village. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.

Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: invalid British soldiers on a boat on the Nile. Wood engraving by P.A. or R.A., 1882.

Battle of Omdurman, Sudan: troops are massing and engaging in battle next to the River Nile. Chromolithograph by A. Sutherland.

Temple of Kalabshe, ancient Nubia. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

De l'extinction du choléra par la Nouktah / par Saleh Soubhy.

A hippopotamus standing in the water biting the tail of a crocodile. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

The equatorial Nile project and its effects in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan : being the report of the Jonglei Investigation Team.

Seneca e le scienze naturali / a cura di Marco Beretta, Francesco Citti, Lucia Pasetti.

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Nile River

Images from the collections

Images referencing Nile River

Works from the collections

De l'extinction du choléra par la Nouktah / par Saleh Soubhy.

A hippopotamus standing in the water biting the tail of a crocodile. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

The equatorial Nile project and its effects in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan : being the report of the Jonglei Investigation Team.

A wedding in a north African village. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.

Seneca e le scienze naturali / a cura di Marco Beretta, Francesco Citti, Lucia Pasetti.

Nile River

Images from the collections

Images referencing Nile River

Works from the collections

De l'extinction du choléra par la Nouktah / par Saleh Soubhy.

A hippopotamus standing in the water biting the tail of a crocodile. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

The equatorial Nile project and its effects in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan : being the report of the Jonglei Investigation Team.

A wedding in a north African village. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.

Seneca e le scienze naturali / a cura di Marco Beretta, Francesco Citti, Lucia Pasetti.

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