All we have in terms of names are two initials: C. and G. Zangaki. We also know they were Greek, and that they took photographs to offer as souvenirs to tourists visiting Egypt. The pyramids, Cairo, Port Said, Suez, Alexandria... their lenses captured everything, from common working people to ancient warriors, students, boats, and even mummies. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, today we can enjoy these small windows that reveal Victorian Egypt of the nineteenth century.
The Mystery of the Zangaki Brothers
A true mystery. That is how the C. and G. Zangaki brothers can be described. Some sources present them as Greeks, and others suggest they were Greek Cypriots. Absolutely nothing is known about them before their first images obtained in the late 1870s. More than once, the Z is incorrectly interpreted, so there are not a few references to "Langaki". As if that were not enough, the titles of the images on the negatives were in French, and the cart with which they traveled part of the Nile said "Zangaki Brothers", a detail that allowed determining that the signature "A. Zangaki" meant "Adelphoi Zangaki" ("adelphoi" = "adelfoi" = "brothers"). The Zangaki brothers. These are some of their photographs.
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