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

    Soubhy, Saleh. | Date: 1893
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    A hippopotamus standing in the water biting the tail of a crocodile. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

    Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565. | Date: [1560?] | Reference: 41006i
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    The equatorial Nile project and its effects in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan : being the report of the Jonglei Investigation Team.

    Jonglei Investigation Team. | Date: [1954]
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    A wedding in a north African village. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.

    Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel), 1862-1940. | Date: 1920 | Reference: 37693i
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    Seneca e le scienze naturali / a cura di Marco Beretta, Francesco Citti, Lucia Pasetti.

    | Date: 2012
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