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Front Cover (Ebers Egypt Vo. I) Pictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

These are large books, measuring some eleven or twelve inches wide and maybe fifteen high (see Size for metric version), and the covers are decorated with gold and black to show a decorative sunken ga [...]

Keywords: colour, book covers

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-10

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Catacombs in Alexandria Pictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

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

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

Places shown: Alexandria; Egypt

Added: 2006-02-10

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Court of an Egyptian House at the Time of the Khalifs Pictureseque 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 Mourning Pictureseque 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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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 Nasr Pictureseque 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 GateThe engraving is taken from an oi [...]

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

Places shown: Cairo; Egypt

Added: 2010-11-22

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Bab El-Footoh Pictureseque 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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