The Camel Driver

An Egyptian Arab man leads his dromedary camel by the leash across the desert near the famous pyramids of Giza. He probably works as one of those guides who escorts tourists around the place on the back of his animals.

By the way, it would have probably been the Achaemenid Persians who introduced the dromedary camel to Egypt from the Middle East after conquering the country in 525 BC. Before then, the native Egyptians would have preferred the donkey (an animal indigenous to northeastern Africa) as their primary beast of burden.

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