History ~ Egypt

Note:I have another board on Ancient Egyptian antiquities.
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Ruins of the city of Hermonthis with the Temple of Cleopatra at Armant in 1857 •Francis Frith•
British Army soldiers posted for photo beside the head of the Great Sphinx in Giza in 1882.At that time the body was still buried by the desert sand.
Egypt Museum
Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Crown Princess Cecilie in Egypt in 1911.Crown Prince William of Prussia and Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia ride during a trip to Giza on mules, which are led by young bedouins. Behind them the Sphinx and in the background are the Pyramids.
Egypt Museum
The Sphinx at Giza before excavation,before 1886 •Hippolyte Arnoux• 🌹
Egypt Museum
Moving of Abu Simbel Temple in Aswan because of the rise of Nile level,23 September 1968. 🌹
Egypt Museum
Entrance to Karnak 10th Pylon flanked by headless statues of Ramesses II.Thebes,1880. 🌹
Egypt Museum
Cleopatra’s Temple at Armant, circa 1857 by Francis Frith. 🌹
Egypt Museum
Artifacts excavated from Serapeum of Saqqara Photograph by Auguste Mariette, 1893. 🌹
Egypt Museum
Excavations of the German Oriental Society in Egypt: uncovering the colonnades of the Temple of the King Sahure (c.a. 2500 BC) at Abusir, 1908.
Egypt Museum
General view of Temple of Horus at Edfu, Apollonopolis Magna, 1851-52 Salted paper print from paper negative Félix Teynard (French, 1817-1892)
Egypt Museum
Temple of Hathor at Dendera, 1850 (albumen print) Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822-1894) Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Egypt Museum
View of the colossal sculpture of Ramesses II, Great Temple at Abu Simbel, 1856-1860 (sepia photo). Francis Frith (British, 1822-1898).