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Artifact

Visiting Heliopolis, Egypt

Description

  • Ross Dyke (centre) visiting Heliopolis with Austrian friends. 

Background Information

  • Part of a photograph collection belonging to Ross Dyke who worked in Egypt from 1920 until 1925. He described his trip to Heliopolis in one of his letters: "that was supposed to be the place where Mary and Joseph and Jesus came to when they left Jerusalem and came to Egypt. This tree is supposed to be the place where they rested. [...] I picked some dates and fruit off of this tree which I am keeping." 

Map Location

Latitude: 30° 7' 19.211" N
Longitude: 31° 18' 44.15" E

Date

1920

Dimensions

inches
Length:
5.6
Height:
3.3

Events, Places, People

  • Ross Dyke
  • Heliopolis, Egypt

Originating Location

Africa›Egypt

Subject

  • Two women in long dresses standing beside three men in suits and hats. There is a tree behind them and the corner of a stone building is visible.

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