EU: A view of the market (1901) through time

Omdurman 1901 5 photos of this spot

5 photographs taken at the same spot in Omdurman, spanning 1901 — 5 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The marketplace of Omdurman in 1901, a city across the Nile from Khartoum that had briefly served as the capital of the Mahdist state before its fall to Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1898.

EU: Market place in Omdurmán (1901) 1901 The marketplace of Omdurman in 1901, a city across the Nile from Khartoum that had briefly served as the capital of the Mahdist state before its fall to Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1898.

EU: Krytá obchodní ulička (1901) 1901 A covered market lane in Omdurman, photographed in 1901, part of the extensive souk that grew up around the city during its years as capital of the Mahdist state in Sudan.

EU: A view of the market (1901) 1901 A view of the market at Omdurman in 1901, showing the commercial center of the city on the Nile's west bank opposite Khartoum, still a major trading hub after the fall of Mahdist rule.

EU: Přístav na Nilu – nosiči zboží (1901) 1901 Porters carry goods at the Nile harbor in Omdurman in this 1901 photograph, where cargo was loaded and unloaded from the river vessels that supplied the city and its markets.

EU: Parník v přístavu na Nilu (1901) 1901 A steamship docked at the Nile harbor in Omdurman in 1901, part of the river-based trade network linking Sudan's interior to Khartoum and onward to Egypt at the turn of the century.