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Mosque caretaker sweeping the floor seems to be sweeping the sunlight projected from windows on the exterior wall. Their Islamic piercing pattern also projects onto the mosque pillars. BAround and behind the sweeper, the pointed arches recede, also illuminated by sunlight. This is a rare image of the mosque interior.

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Filename: Sweeping sulight in the Ibn Tulun mosque, Cairo
Copyright: © JLD Tifft. All rights reserved.
Image Size: 4184x2796 / 5.0MB; Mosque of Ibn Tulun 879 AD ninth century Egypt Cairo Tulunid Dynasty medieval architecture pointed arch perspective caretker janitor sweeper broom sunlight shadows projection Islamic Muslim
Contained in galleries: EGYPT IN THE SADAT YEARS

Mosque caretaker sweeping the floor seems to be sweeping the sunlight projected from windows on the exterior wall. Their Islamic piercing pattern also projects onto the mosque pillars. BAround and behind the sweeper, the pointed arches recede, also illuminated by sunlight. This is a rare image of the mosque interior.