Egyptian Dancing Girls. The Oriental Album.

6/28/13
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Egyptian Dancing Girls. Oriental clothing for women. Traditional Egypt costume. Arabian belly dance costume

Egyptian Dancing Girls Performing the Ghawazi at Rosetta

Egyptian Dancing Girls Performing the Ghawazi at Rosetta.

The Oriental Album. Characters, costumes, and modes of life, in the valley of the Nile by James Augustus St. John (1801-1875).
Painting by Emile Prisse d’Avennes. Dedicated to the artist’s friend, the botanist George Lloyd. Engraved by Eugene Le Roux (1807-63). Published by James Madden, London 1851

Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day by Ogden Goelet.

Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Traditions of Ancient Egypt by Geraldine Pinch.

The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions by Lilith Dorsey.