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Interior of a typical old Cairo house in Mamluk architectural style. Sunlight throws a shadow of a lamp in the foreground against the qibla wall beyond. The chair and water jars indicate that the house is somewhat cared for, if not actually lived in.

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Filename: Traditional Mamluk house interior in Cairo
Copyright: © JLD Tifft 2005. All rights reserved. © JLD Tifft 2005. All rights reserved.
Image Size: 2400x3596 / 5.8MB; Egypt Egyptian Cairo Mamluk period domestic architecture qibla sunlight shadow 17th century Islamic ornament
Contained in galleries: EGYPT IN THE SADAT YEARS

Interior of a typical old Cairo house in Mamluk architectural style. Sunlight throws a shadow of a lamp in the foreground against the qibla wall beyond. The chair and water jars indicate that the house is somewhat cared for, if not actually lived in.