Coptic man and woman in robes, veil and turban in front of the pyramids, portrait of a bearded Copt in turban, and two upper-class women of Cairo in hats, veils and elaborate robes seated shoeless on a platform. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" and others.

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Size: 4292px × 6874px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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