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Fireworks at the ceremonial opening of the dykes to flood the Nile basin 76, snake charmer performers 77, and tourists looking at embalmed mummies in the catacombs of Egypt 78. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylor’s Scenes in Africa for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, Harris and Son, London, 1820.
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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
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