Title

'Avenue of sacred images after excavation, Karnak, Thebes, Egypt', c1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Caption

'Avenue of sacred images after excavation, Karnak, Thebes, Egypt', 1905. 'It was Ramses II who erected this splendid avenue of sphinxes, or really of rams, though they are often called sphinxes. The row on the right is in an unusually good state of preservation, and you observe the statues of the king standing between the protecting forepaws of each ram. The ram was the sacred animal of Amon, the great god of Thebes, hence its use as the exclusive figure in the sculpture along these Theban avenues, thus expressing in an oft-repeated symbol - the god's protection of the king.' 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_463

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (2,7Mb) / 13,4in x 14,5in / 4028 x 4361 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa animal road touching religious street protection country Egypt religion statue sheep lane Egyptian protected avenue excavation sacred deity God location century Luxor Karnak protect photograph print Sphinx concept ram excavations B&W goddess MONOCHROME black & white black and white B W Ancient Egyptian 1900s 20th century Amon Ancient Egypt Thebes The Print Collector As Sa'id stereoscopic stereoscopic photography TGN blessed Egypt Through the Stereoscope photograph stereoscopic card James Henry Underwood & Underwood Keystone James Henry Breasted Breasted Keystone James Henry Breasted photograph