Cairo in Chicago. Cairo Street at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. EtudUrb 11. Chypre Volume III: Babylonia and the

Volume III: Babylonia and the Semites up to the Kassite period

après quoi tu fais mouvement pour la voir

he then perpetuates not only his name and his dynasty

to life and to history

L'Égypte ancienne (Texte original

Cairo in Chicago. Cairo Street at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. EtudUrb 11. Chypre Volume III: Babylonia and theBuilt as a temporary structure and made from ephemeral materials, Cairo Street had a dual function. On the one hand, it was a purely scientific installation, a work of anthropology. On the other, it became the most popular entertainment venue at the 1893 Chicago Worlds Columbian Exposition: a place where people went wild with excitement. Far from being a copy of a currently existing street, it was rather an assemblage of authentic architectural