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| Picture No | 12094668 |
| Date | 1912 |
| Description | Sports beneath the Pyramids by Fortunino Matania |
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Ladies tilting at jars places on the sands beneath the pyramids, a jolly sport played out in front of the pyramids at Giza during the season at Cairo. Female riders were mounted on asses and armed with wooden lances as they attempted to pick up earthenware jars from the sand.
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| Source | Illustration by Fortunino Matania in The Sphere, 20 April 1912 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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