Title

'Across the plain of Thebes and past the Memnon statues from the cliffs, Egypt', 1905.Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Caption

'Across the plain of Thebes and past the Memnon statues from the cliffs, Egypt', 1905. 'The city which once stood below us rose to a splendour and magnificence unknown before. Laden with the spoils of Asia and Nubia, the conquerors of the eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties returned to this lovely, cliff-encircled plain to adorn it with the mightiest temples that have ever risen by human hands. It was with the invasion of the Assyrians in the seventh century BC that its colossal temples fell a prey to fire and sword.' 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_454

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (2,9Mb) / 13,5in x 14,5in / 4040 x 4350 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa people landscape sitting country desert Egypt sand statue geography Egyptian Arab plain location century Luxor Karnak photograph print B&W MONOCHROME black & white black and white B W Ancient Egyptian Memnon 1900s 20th century Ancient Egypt Thebes The Print Collector As Sa'id geographical feature stereoscopic stereoscopic photography TGN Egypt Through the Stereoscope photograph stereoscopic card plain of Thebes James Henry Underwood & Underwood Keystone James Henry Breasted Breasted Keystone James Henry Breasted photograph