Vista over the tops of a mudbrick city and a cloudless blue sky.

Monumental arch over empty book niches and shelves in a ancient madrasa

Tall mudbrick room with empty book niches and shelves in a ancient madrasa

An undecorated mudbrick minaret stretching into a cloudless blue sky

@isawnyu.bsky.social ISAW library staff embedded with @amheida-project.bsky.social visited the medieval and mudbrick city of el Qasr in the #dakhlaoasis with some #washu students yesterday. Among the highlights was the library of the madrasa! #egypt #libraries #nyulibraries