Mecca of 1885

Adventurer’s photos capture a bygone Mecca of 1885 - CNN. Photos taken before 125 years, that too of the sacred city of Muslims! It will be a hit for sure. An exhibition in Dubai displays this rare collection of a Dutch explorer. The Dutchman ’Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje’ along with a local physician ’Al-Sayyid Abd al-Ghaffar’ snapped many images of Makkah in 1885 A.D. He also recorded some sound clips from Makkah.