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'The prayer-niche and pulpit in the tomb mosque of Kait Bey, Cairo, Egypt', 1905.Artist: Underwood & Underwood
'The prayer-niche and pulpit in the tomb mosque of Kait Bey, Cairo, Egypt', 1905. 'That niche there is called by the Moslems the mihrab, and it marks the proper direction for prayer, which they term kibleh, or facing for it is very important that a Moslem should always pray toward Mecca. On the further side of the prayer niche you observe the mimbar, or pulpit, from which the Friday sermon, or Khutbeh, is delivered every week.' Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted.
Unique Identifier
AR963526
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4018px × 4365px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1900s
20th century
AFRICA
ANCIENT EGYPT
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
Arabian
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Breasted
Christianity
Church
country
egypt
Egypt Through the Stereoscope
Egyptian
INDOORS
INSIDE
interior
Islam
ISLAMIC
James Henry
James Henry Breasted
Keystone
Kneeling
LOCATION
Monochrome
Mosque
Mosque of Kait Bey
People
Photograph
prayer-niche
Praying
Print
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Pulpit
religion
Religious
stereoscopic
stereoscopic card
stereoscopic photography
TGN
The Print Collector
Underwood & Underwood