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John Owen (born in Bynea in 1896) served with the Royal Engineers in the First World War, and was involved in the Egypt/Palestine campaign. This is a photograph he took of the Luxor Hotel in Egypt.

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We have the same picture in the collection at the Egypt Centre. We have a then and now shot at: http://www.egypt.swansea.ac.uk/index.php/collection/198-johnson-luxor-hotel Interestingly the Luxor hotel is due to reopen soon.

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