Summary

One of 139 photographs in an album from World War I likely to have been taken by Captain Edward Albert McKenna. The photographs include the 7th Battalion training in Mena Camp, Egypt, and sight-seeing.

Image depicting a water wheel at Matarieh. Matarieh is the modern name for the ancient city of Heliopolis (Hebrew 'On') and is famous for its red granite obelisk, the only remaining ancient relic of the city, as well as being the original site for 'Kleopatra's Needles.'

Description of Content

In the middle of the photograph there is what appears to be a stone well. Standing on a low stone platform, apparently attached by a rope of some kind, there is what appears to be a bull and to the right, similarly attached and positioned, there is a donkey. In the foreground, in front of the well and slightly to the left og centre, there is a man in a white hat and robe facing the camera.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.

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