Title

'Statue of Ramses II, an embellishment of his temple at Memphis, Egypt', 1905.Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Caption

'Statue of Ramses II, an embellishment of his temple at Memphis, Egypt', 1905. 'Such statues as this fallen giant here were placed by the Kings of the Empire in front of their temples on either side of the entrance. Its presence, therefore, indicates that we are standing on the site of a temple in the city.' Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1905

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C40_023

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (2,7Mb) / 13,5in x 14,4in / 4046 x 4329 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa religious sitting country fall Egypt religion temple statue Egyptian entrance location fallen century falling photograph print B&W LEGS CROSSED cross-legged MONOCHROME Memphis black & white black and white B W Ancient Egyptian 1900s 20th century Ancient Egypt The Print Collector stereoscopic stereoscopic photography TGN Rameses II Ramses II Ramesses II Egypt Through the Stereoscope photograph stereoscopic card II Ramesses Ramses the Great Rameses the Great Ramesses the Great James Henry Underwood & Underwood Keystone James Henry Breasted Breasted Keystone James Henry Breasted photograph