Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 04, 1920, Gravure Section, Image 46

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CLIFF HOUSES ON THE BANKS OF THE NILE, CUT OUT OF THE
ROCK WHICH ONCE FORMED IBRINI CASTLE, THE SCENE OF
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BRITISH RULE IN EGYPT HAS MEANT BRIDLING THE RIVER NILE
TO THE USE OF MAN AND AT THE CAIRO END A SERIES OF LOCKS
TO REGULATE THE RIVER'S RISE AND FALL HAVE BEEN CON- v
BTKUCTED. ANCIENT AND MODERN MEET WHEN AS 19 BHUWN IK
THE PHOTOGRAPH THE 8HIP OF THE DE8ERT CR0S8ES THE DRAW
BRIDGE OVER THE LOCK.
SAFETY FIRST!
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-' THE MAN POWER FERRIS WHEEL. '
No StriMU of Cairo would be complete without a FerrUi wheel and the, ml Cairo, the Caira at the Callphi of old, run
true to form. Our modern resort device may be only an up-to-date copy of the oontrirance anowa in the photograph
which la operated by man power inatead of erectriclty. Nerertheleaa U amuaea Ecrptlan children, Juat aa It deea
fhoae af the Oocldent. .
Statuee of Memnon amid the
mine of ancient Thebea.
Memnon was one of the many
Egyptian goda and waa sup
posed to speak through his
mouths of stone.
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Nomad of the
desert and their
traveling house,
the desert coun
terpart of the
Gypsy's house on '
wheels, - The
dwellers get
used to the sen
sation of riding
on an earthquake,
THE TEMPLE OF
ABU SIMBEL ON
THE WEST BANK
OF THE NILE,
WHERE HUOE IM
AGES ARE CARV
ED OUT OF SOLID
ROCK IN THE
CLIFFSIDE.
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