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by Vincent Battesti

The ʿAbābdah (العبابدة) call themselves originally descendants of Arab tribes, this group of nomads show strong connections with the overarching Beja culture in Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia.

  • ‘Abābda, wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 15th, 2015
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    Vincent Battesti
  • ‘Abābda, wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 28th, 2015
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    Vincent Battesti
  • ‘Abābda, wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 26th, 2015
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    Vincent Battesti
  • ‘Abābda, wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 26th, 2015
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    Vincent Battesti
  • ‘Abābda, wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 23th, 2015
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    Vincent Battesti
  • ‘Abābda, wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 20th, 2015
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    Vincent Battesti
  • ‘Abābda, wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 17th, 2015
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    Vincent Battesti
  • wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 12th, 2015
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  • ‘Abābda & Bicharīn, wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 14th, 2015
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    Vincent Battesti
  • wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 10th, 2015
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  • wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 15th, 2015
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  • Ancient rock engraving — showing two hunters, presumably standing before an animal, adorned with hair ornaments and a phallic sheath and armed with their bows — in the Wadi Abu Subayrah, near Aswan (Aswān), southern Egypt, on 26 February 2015. © Vincent Battesti
    © Vincent Battesti
  • wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 12th, 2015
    © Vincent Battesti
  • wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 10th, 2015
    © Vincent Battesti
  • wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 12th, 2015
    © Vincent Battesti
Premières images d’un nouveau terrain avec les ʿAbābdah, Sud de l’Égypte

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wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 10th, 2015© Vincent Battesti
wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 12th, 2015© Vincent Battesti
wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 15th, 2015© Vincent Battesti
Ancient rock engraving — showing two hunters, presumably standing before an animal, adorned with hair ornaments and a phallic sheath and armed with their bows — in the Wadi Abu Subayrah, near Aswan (Aswān), southern Egypt, on 26 February 2015. © Vincent Battesti © Vincent Battesti
wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 12th, 2015© Vincent Battesti
wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 12th, 2015© Vincent Battesti
wādī Abū Subeīra, Near Aswān, South Egypt, Feb. 10th, 2015© Vincent Battesti