Egyptian Pyramid Fields from Giza to Saqqara (24 images)

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Giza and the pyramids were a fantastic playground for expatriates living in Cairo during the 1970s, who enjoyed horseback riding. You'd gather up your kids and some of their friends, drive out to Giza, and rent Arabian steeds from one of two stables at the desert's edge. I usually rode a chestnut mare called "Princess," an amiable and well-behaved creature. One popular excursion took us from Giza to Saqqara and return. The black and white images were made on TriX film, bulk...
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Giza and the pyramids were a fantastic playground for expatriates living in Cairo during the 1970s, who enjoyed horseback riding. You'd gather up your kids and some of their friends, drive out to Giza, and rent Arabian steeds from one of two stables at the desert's edge. I usually rode a chestnut mare called "Princess," an amiable and well-behaved creature. One popular excursion took us from Giza to Saqqara and return. The black and white images were made on TriX film, bulk loaded and developed in the pantry of the villa where we lived. The grain is heavy and distracting so I have manipulated these images with some painting tools. The color images are scanned Kodachromes
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