A Carpet Seller, Cairo - 575 Piece Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle three the water blurs into soft

the water blurs into soft turquoise

a captivating testament to the age of exploration and the relentless human pursuit of knowledge

Serial #: NP25-050-852M

and the tree of knowledge

and someone wrote something down

A Carpet Seller, Cairo - 575 Piece Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle three the water blurs into softIn 1798, a French army led by General Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt and occupied the country until 1801. This created a European presence in Egypt and attracted Western travelers, fascinated with the Orient, including present day Turkey, Greece, the Middle East, and North Africa. Many of them captured their impressions in paint or print. Travel was made more accessible by steamships and trains, so paintings focused on cities such as Constantinople,