Photograph - 'A Sikh Mountain Battery', Egypt, Captain Edward Albert McKenna, World War I, 1914-1915, Image of a Sikh Mountain Battery on what appears to be the Avenue to the Pyramids in Egypt, taken around late 1914-early 1915. The Avenue to the Pyramids (also known as Pyramid Road) connects the Pyramids of Giza to Cairo. The road was built by Isma'il Pasha for the Empress Eugenie of France who visited Egypt in 1869 for the inauguration of the Suez Canal. The acacia trees that originally lined
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Photograph, Sikh Mountain Battery, Egypt, Captain Edward Albert McKenna, World War I, 1914-1915, Image, Avenue, Pyramids, late 1914-early 1915, Pyramid Road, connects, Giza, Cairo, road, built, Isma'il Pasha, Empress Eugenie, France, visited Egypt, 1869, inauguration, Suez Canal, acacia trees, originally lined
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