Louis Armstrong at the Pyramids, 1961

‘Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, atop a camel, enchants the ancient sphinx and pyramids at Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, on January 28, 1961. His wife Lucille, lower left, records the scene on film. The Armstrongs are on a U.S. State Department-sponsored Goodwill Tour of Africa and the Middle East. (AP Photo)’

- The Atlantic

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This capsule was curated by Pier Paolo Rinaldi