Items matching ancient egypt (results page 1)

Catacombs in AlexandriaPictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

“By far the most magnificent portion [of Alexandria] was the Bruchium (granery, or height), bathed by the waters of the Great Harbour, and adjoining the oldest part of the city, namely, the original f [...]

Keywords: death, interiors, caves, catacombs, tombs, spooky, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Alexandria; Egypt

Added: 2006-02-10

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Slave MarketPictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878)

“I must mention, as one of the ex-Kedive’s best actions, the abolition of the slave trade, which was flourishing in Egypt only a short time since. Very few years have gone by since I myself was one of [...]

Keywords: slavery, slaves, people, ancient egypt, streets, cities, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: Cairo; Egypt

Added: 2005-05-31

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Court of an Egyptian House at the Time of the KhalifsPictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

120x185mm, signed by Gustav Richter.

Keywords: entrances, buildings, steps, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Alexandria; Egypt

Added: 2004-03-10

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Widow MourningPictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

The book describes a train journey from Cairo to Kafr et Zayat station at Tantah. This illustration appears to depict a woman clad in black and wearing a shawl, citing in amidst the ruins of some anc [...]

Keywords: cities, ruins, people, graveyards, tombs, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2006-02-10

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An Egyptian Priest and ScribeMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

Scribes in ancient egypt seem to have been valued and inportant; a scribe was a high-ranking job, unlike in the Levant in the first century, when they were often slaves. The picture shows the bare-hea [...]

Keywords: art, paintings, priests, stairs, scribes, ancient egypt, religion, rituals, greyscale

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2025-02-02

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Courtyard of an Egyptian HouseLa Civilizacion (1881)

This could almost be the atrium of a modern hotel, but it’s a drawing (speculatively, presumably) of an ancient Egyptian house built to surround a central courtyard that seems perhaps to have a glass [...]

Keywords: ancient egypt, interiors, people, statuary, decoration, ornament, pillars, yellow, bare feet, colour

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2018-07-18

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Colonnade of Medamot at ThebesPictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878)

This temple (if such it was) seems mainly to be of interest to archaeologists because of its “Campaniform Capitals” or pillars with floral tops. To most other people it is a majestic ruin, beautiful [...]

Keywords: temples, pillars, ancient egypt, ruins, architecture, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Thebes; Egypt

Added: 2006-08-17

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The Sacrifice to the Nile.Pictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

A young woman, scantily clad except for a long diaphonous wedding veil, stands on a stone platform. She is barefoot, and chained by her ankles to a heavy rock; her hands are tied at her sides. She is [...]

Keywords: people, religion, bare feet, chains, torture, punishments, sacrifice, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2010-11-20

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Bab En NasrPictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

Bab En Nasr, or Bab El-Nasr, is the ancient Victory Gate of Cairo, built around 1090 and rebuilt in 1212. It is the North Gate to the city. Bab El-Fotouh, The West Gate The engraving is taken from an [...]

Keywords: towers, gates, ancient egypt, camels, people, ruins, colour

Places shown: Cairo; Egypt

Added: 2010-11-22

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Bab El-FootohPictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

The modern spelling of this Egyptian fortification is Bab El-Fotouh. You can also find Bab al Futuh or Bab el Fatuh. It is the West Gate of the city of Cairo in Egypt; the name means ‘Gate of Conquest [...]

Keywords: gates, towers, fortification, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Cairo; Egypt

Added: 2010-11-20

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Great Hall of Pillars at Karnak.Pictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878)

This engraving shows the Hypostele Hall at the Temple of Karnak in Egypt. A hyperstele (pronounced like high-poh-steel) is a fancy name for a big hall with columns, and this one is 5,000 square metres [...]

Keywords: pillars, columns, ancient egypt, temples, karnak, hyperstele, ancient remains, ruins, masonry, rubble, people, desolation, greyscale

Places shown: Karnak; El-Karnak; Luxor Governorate; Egypt

Added: 2018-12-25

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Court with Remains of a Christian Church at Medinet Haboo.Pictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878)

Among all temples on the western shore of the Nile, that of Medinet Haboo is distinguished by the grandeur and originality of its plan and the excellent preservation of its iportant parts. It was Ram [...]

Keywords: ruins, temples, ancient egypt, people, colour

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2010-12-29

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Medinet Hoo WallpaperPictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878)

An ancient ruined egyptian temple, used for a while as a Christian church, shown with workers (some barefoot) to give a sense of scale, and with barely-visible symbols and hieroglyphs in the backgroun [...]

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, ancient egypt, colour, pillars, ruins, temples, people, bare feet

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2010-12-29

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Median CivilizationLa Civilizacion (1881)

The Medes lived in what is now North-West Iran around 800 BCE. This book identifies them with Medai, the third son of Japhet, son of Noah, in the Bible, but this would make Noah much too recent. The t [...]

Keywords: statues, stauary, seated, ancient remains, temples, religion, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Iran

Added: 2018-05-15

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Temple of DenderaTravels Around the World (1873)

It is more modern and better preserved, though less interesting, than the Memnonium. Its construction was begun by one of the Ptolemies, two hundred and fifty years before the Christian era, and was [...]

Keywords: temples, ruins, people, ancient egypt, colour

Places shown: Abydos; Egypt

Added: 2004-01-02

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Gate at KarnakTravels Around the World (1873)

[Karnak] is the most imposing ruin in the world, devastated sadly, but not in a heap of débris. The ruins cover an area of nearly two miles in circumference. Was there one symmetrial structure, dedica [...]

Keywords: temples, entrances, gates, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Karnak; Egypt

Added: 2007-03-27

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