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Daguerreotype of Ras el Tin palace in Alexandria

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English: That image from November 7, 1839, is the first documented photograph of Egypt, and indeed of the African continent. The original plate is long gone, but an engraving from it shows an ornate outer gate with two men, perhaps a guard and a doorman, lounging in the open doorway. Behind, with tall windows and low-peaked roofs, stands the palace harem. A couple of trees lean over the fence.
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Source https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/November-2015/Capturing-the-Light-of-the-Nile
Author Horace Vernet and Frédéric Goupil-Fesquet

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