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Man on Camel, Giza, Egypt, 1966

Photo: Man on a camel in front of Giza pyramids

Sporting a kaffiyeh and robes, National Geographic photographer Dean Conger poses atop a camel near the pyramids of Giza, Egypt. Conger joined National Geographic as a staff photographer in 1959 and worked on assignments all over Europe, Asia, and the United States.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Abraham, the Friend of God," December 1966, National Geographic magazine)

Photograph by Dean Conger

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