The Pilgrimage to Abu Seri A - Egypt
The Pilgrimage to Abu Seri A. Situated in the desert about 40 miles east of Helwan, the sacred tombs of Abu Seri A are the object of a great annual pilgrimage. Bedouin and Fellaheen pilgrims, mounted and on foot, travel from all over Egypt to gather at the great Wady Abu Salama (the Valley of Greeting) from whence they travel on to the tombs
Picture No
10428660
Media ID
46611868
Size
5333px x 3365px
(9.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Painting by N Hodderman - reproduced on a Raphael Tuck Oilette postcard
Date
1914
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