Title

Ruins at Karnak', 1890.

Caption

'Ruins at Karnak', 1890. Construction of Karnak Temple Complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and continued to the Ptolemaic period. Karnak was main place of worship of the 18th dynasty and part of the city of Thebes. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F21_456

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,7Mb (3,7Mb) / 13,2in x 17,8in / 3965 x 5350 (300dpi)

Keywords

engraving exterior outdoors religious architecture arts country Egypt religion writing book worship Egyptian ruins ruin ancient obelisk location debris rubble century Luxor hieroglyphics Karnak architectural literature worshipping concept ruined B&W middle kingdom MONOCHROME world heritage site hieroglyphic Day 19th century Disrepair black & white black and white B W UNESCO Ancient Egyptian 18th Dynasty Ancient Egypt nineteenth century Ptolemaic Thebes history historic The Print Collector 20th century BC As Sa'id TGN illustration outside engraving Unknown Cassells Edmund Co Cassell & Co Edmund Ollier Ollier débris Senusret I Cassell and Company Ltd Cassell & Company Mizraim Cassell & Karnak Temple Complex Cassell's Illustrated Universal History Early and Greek History