Egyptian Shadoof
Egyptian fields are irrigated by water drawn from the Nile by a shadoof whereby buckets are lowered into the river, then raised and swung to deposit the water in ditches
Picture No
10191512
Media ID
47411280
Size
4352px x 2992px
(2.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving by an unnamed artist E W Lane, Manners and customs of the modern Egyptians' page 334
Date
1895
