Muslim burial in Egypt, 18th century

Muslim burial in Egypt, 18th century. A draped coffin with a turban on top is taken to the cemetery. Male family walk quietly in front, while women and professional mourners or moirologists weep and wail behind. Enterrement d'un musulman en Egypte. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from A. Antoine de Saint-Gervais's Album des Peuples, ou Collection de Tableaux, Album of Peoples, or Collection of Paintings, J. Langlume et Peltier, Paris, 1835. Reprinted from Moeurs et coutumes des Peuples, Hocquart, 1811

18th Century A. Antoine De Saint-gervais Album Des Peuples Collection De Tableaux Draped Ethnography Funerary Grief Langlume Et Peltier Moeurs Et Coutumes Des Peuples Rites Wail Weep

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