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Saturday, August 26, 2023

North Africa


Eliot Elisofon took this photo in 1943 at the Gafsa Roman Baths in Tunisia.

 

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  1. I've seen a whole series shot at these baths. Cool!

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    1. You probably saw them here, and Dee managed to send me a "new" one.

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    2. Come to think of it, you're right. It was here

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  2. There are American, British and German newsreels on the internet, taken during WW2, that show their soldiers swimming at different ancient Greco-Roman baths in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. :)

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    1. If my memory doesn't fail me, I think the Australians got in on it as well.

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