The Snapshots in Time Collection
The Great Sphinx and Pyramid of Khafre, Giza, Egypt (WWII-era Transit Photograph)
The Great Sphinx of Giza and the Pyramid of Khafre, photographed by an American serviceman passing through Egypt during World War II. Cairo and the Giza plateau were common stopover points along southern transit routes to the China-Burma-India Theater, and personnel frequently took souvenir photographs of these ancient landmarks while en route. Project: 218381