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Remains of a Nilometer, an ancient device for measuring the annual inundation of the Nile, c1885.
Remains of a Nilometer, an ancient device for measuring the annual inundation of the Nile, c1885. The annual flooding of the Nile was always vitally important to Egypt as it governed the fertility of the soil and could mean the difference between abundance and starvation.
Unique Identifier
AR922723
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3781px × 2769px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
Agriculture
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
country
egypt
Egyptian
Engraving
FLOODING
geographical feature
Geography
hydrology
LOCATION
Measurement
MEASURING
Monochrome
NILE
Nilometer
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Oxford Science Archive
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River
RIVER NILE
Science
TGN
the Nile
Water