| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Cairo, Urban, Egypt | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 2003 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Gilchrist, Scott | en_US |
| dc.date | 2003 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-12T13:51:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-12T13:51:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 206613 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 931 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/114491 | |
| dc.description | View looking south over Zamalek Island and up the Nile; Largest city in Africa; built by Arabs as military camp at Al-Fustat in 642; new part built by Fatimid dynasty 968; reached greatest prosperity as trade and cultural center 13th century; taken by Ottoman Turks 1517; held by French 1798-1801; evacuated by British in 1946. It is now the largest metropolis in the Arab world. The demographic explosion since the beginning of the 20th century has opened a new chapter in the history of the city. Although it has not lost its economic vitality, overpopulation and a boom of small industries overload its insufficient infrastructure and threaten its historic monuments. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/18/2008) | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | cityscapes | en_US |
| dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Aerial photography in city planning | en_US |
| dc.subject | Twenty-first century | en_US |
| dc.title | Cairo: Aerial Topographic Views | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-EG-C-CA-B2 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Egyptian (modern) | en_US |
| vra.technique | photography | en_US |
| vra.worktype | photograph | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Scott Gilchrist (Canadian photographer, born 1960) | en_US |
