Copyright 1999 by GADDIS & CO. Publishers Printed in Egypt by RAMATAN Advertising Born in Luxor, Attaia Gaddis (1887-1972) grew up in the heart of Egypt's most impressive historical sights. During World War I, Gaddis was the only Egyptian photographer documenting his country's cultural heritage. With a collection of approximately 2000 prints, his pictures cover everything from the Nubian tribes in the south, to the Pyramids of Giza in the north. Gaddis' work is especially significant because it remains the only visual evidence of the people and sights as they existed in the early 1900's. These forty-eight black and white prints, taken between 1907-1922, comprise the first published series from his collection. The grandsons of Gaddis present this book as a tribute to their grandfather, whose photographs pass on the essence of Egypt during his lifetime.