What Cairo looked like in 1910

These color photos were taken in Cairo in 1910, when it was growing rapidly. More precisely, these are slides painted by hand, on which you can see the long-gone times in the Egyptian capital. At that time ,the "city of a thousand minarets" was under British occupation, which lasted from 1882 to 1956.

1. Funeral in Cairo. (Oester­re­ich­sches Volkshochschularchiv/Imagno / Get­ty Images)

2. A wedding procession in Heluan, a town south of Cairo.

3. Poor people begging for alms, and local residents in a roadside cafe near the opera house.

4. The medieval gate of Bab Zuweila of the Ottoman Empire era.

5. Public transport in Egypt in 1910.

6. The Kalaun Mosque, built at the beginning of the XIV century.

7. Linen over the Cairo streets.

8. The entrance to the El-Akmar Mosque, built in 1125.

9. Men on the streets of the capital of Egypt.

10. Local market.

11. Covered lane.

12. A soda seller in Heluan.

13. Street vendors in Heluan.

14. Arab Folk Festival.

15. Prostitutes at the fish market in Cairo.