Title

'Looking south over the Theban plain and Temples of Medinet Habu, Egypt', 1905.Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Caption

'Looking south over the Theban plain and Temples of Medinet Habu, Egypt', 1905. 'Here at our feet are a few of the tombs [of Medinet Habu]. You observe that the face of the cliff has been smoothed and so cut as to produce a perpendicular wall with a court in front. In the middle of the perpendicular wall is a door leading to the chapel-chamber of the tomb which is excavated in the solid rock.' 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_476

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (2,7Mb) / 13,4in x 14,5in / 4028 x 4347 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa people religious sitting country arid desert Egypt religion temple geography Egyptian death Arab cliff cliffs excavation tomb mausoleum plain location century Luxor Karnak burial photograph print concept excavations B&W MONOCHROME black & white black and white B W cliff face Ancient Egyptian 1900s 20th century Ancient Egypt Thebes The Print Collector As Sa'id geographical feature Medinet Habu stereoscopic stereoscopic photography TGN Egypt Through the Stereoscope photograph stereoscopic card Temple of Medinet Habu James Henry Underwood & Underwood Keystone James Henry Breasted Breasted Keystone James Henry Breasted photograph