Picnic on the Pyramids: Tourists in Giza during the British occupation (21 photos)

These photographs, taken between 1860 and 1935, capture European tourists in Egypt as they trudged to the summit of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Watch as ladies in long dresses and gentlemen in elegant suits climbed ancient stones and boarded desert ships.







Circa 1900.





Around 1910.



Around 1900.



Around 1905.



Circa 1900.



Circa 1930. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester climb one of the pyramids.



1895.



Circa 1880. Tourists and Egyptians climb a pyramid.



1882.



Circa 1930.



Around 1860.



Around 1900.



1867



Circa 1900. Suits and long dresses are no obstacle for tourists.



1867.



Circa 1925. The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 sparked a new wave of Egyptomania among Europeans.



Circa 1900. Relaxing at the top of the Cheops Pyramid, covered in retrograffiti.



Circa 1900. Swedish photographer Lewis Larsson at the top of the Cheops Pyramid.



Circa 1900.



1931. Egyptians watch the Graf Zeppelin airship fly over the Giza pyramids.

Today, the Giza pyramids are one of the most important monuments in Egypt, and climbing above a certain level is prohibited. Despite this, a few years ago, a Danish photographer and his girlfriend sparked outrage among Egyptians when they…had sex at the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza.