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PHOTO OF THE DAY February 5, 2003  

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Where Cairo, Egypt
When 1990
Photographer James L. Stanfield

"Land rovers of the Middle Ages, camels carried [travelers] across the Sahara and beyond. In Cairo, where [pilgrims, traders, and travelers lingered,] camels at Imbaba market are hobbled to prevent straying."

—Text from "Ibn Battuta: Prince of Travelers," December 1991, National Geographic magazine

(Photographed on assignment for, but not published in, "Ibn Battuta: Prince of Travelers," December 1991, National Geographic magazine)

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