Picture No | 11016717 |
Date | 1906 |
Description | The Denshawai incident: erecting the scaffold |
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Photo showing two of the pigeon-towers, the conical buildings that occur frequently in Egyptian villages, between the supports of the scaffold.
Captain Bull, the murdered officer, roused the Denshawi people by shooting sacred pigeons.
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Source | The Illustrated London News, July 14th, 1906, page 60 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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