Siwa in 1947

11 août 2019Sergio Volpi1 min de lectureVoyageurs & explorateurs

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Photo from Robin Maugham's book - "Journey to Siwa" made in 1947.

These are the first images that I found after the end of the war and they show us a still traditional Siwa but we are close enough to our times to recognize places and, perhaps, people.

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