Man carries a lamp on an Egyptian street - Egyptian Darkness
Egyptian Darkness - a phrase meaning very intense darkness, which comes from Exodus X.21-2: "God then said to Moses, Stretch out your hand towards heaven, and let darkness, darkness so thick that it can be felt, cover Egypt. So Moses stretched out his hand towards heaven, and for three days there was thick darkness over the whole of Egypt."
Picture No
10948305
Media ID
46656929
Size
3530px x 5459px
(4.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1907
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