Nilometer, remains of ancient device for measuring
Nilometer, remains of ancient device for measuring annual inundation of the Nile. Annual flooding vitally important to Egypt as it governed fertility of soil and could mean difference between abundance and starvation. Engraving circa 1885
Picture No
13907669
Media ID
48480252
Size
4500px x 3295px
(4.0MB)
Credit
World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
World History Archive
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