Egypt in 1856 | Library Of Congress collections

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Valley of Tombs of Kings. Thebes

People and pack animals make their way along road on the floor of the Valley of Kings, Egypt.

Court of Shishak. Carnac

Title from item. No. 1877. On verso: Thebes. (Karnak) Court of Shishak.

The Pylon. Edfou

Rear view of pylons with bas-relief of the Temple of Horus at Idfū, Egypt.

Hager Silsilis ... of the ...

Title from item. No. 1844. On verso: Egypt. Silsilis on the Nile. Near Edfu.

Memnonium. Thebes

Four headless statues standing before colonnades.

Hall of Columns. Carnac

Title from item. No. 1878. On verso: Thebes. (Karnak) Court of Shishak.

[Gerf-Hossayn - Osiride portico of the Rock Temple]

Three statutes connected at the head by slabs of rock.

[Koum Ombos - the Temple]

Remains of the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris (Ombos). Title from item. No. 1835. On verso: Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt.

Wady Saboua

Facade of pylon of a temple near the Sabou River. Title from item. No. 1800.

Coloured Sculpl[superscript]s. Abydus

Title from item. No. 1906. On verso: Abydos. Colored sculp...

Assouan

Boats harbored in the Aswan area on the Nile River.

Egypt - Karnak

Rows of colonnades amid rubble, Karnak, Egypt. Title from item. No. 1882. On verso: Thebes. Karnak. Columns of Great Temple.

View from Philœ

Portico on island of Philae, overlooking the Nile River, boat moored at water's edge. Title from item. No. 1819. On verso: Philae. Temple Hypêthre - Landing place.

The Memnonium

Man standing in rubble amidst temple columns in Egypt. Title from item. No. 1860. On verso: Thebes. The Ramesseum. Hall of Columns.

The Memnonium

Four headless statues standing before colonnade.

[Egypt - Karnak - Exterior of Great Hall]

At Erment

Man walks amid rubble in ruins. Title from item. No. 1847. On verso: Erment. The columns, etc.

Assouan

Aerial view of Aswan area on the Nile River, seen through trees.

Medinet Habou

Two people outside pylon adorned with hieroglyphics and a bas-relief figure.

Grottoes at Hager Silsilis

Title from item. No. 1846. On verso: Silsileh. Grottoes.

Temple of Wady Kardassy. Thebes

Columns from the Temple of Wady Kardassy amid rubble. Title from item. No. 1810.

Egypt - Cairo - old house and masharabieh

Title from item. No. 1939? On verso: Old house & Masharabieh.

Fallen Colossus. Memnonium

Four headless statues standing before colonnade, on right bust of larger statue laying face down.

Fallen obelisk. Carnac

Two men pause amid ruins in Karnak. Title from item. No. 1896. On verso: Thebes. Karnak. Fallen obelisk.

Pylon & obelisk. Luxor

Title from item. No. 1901. No. 1904. On verso: (Luxor) Thebes. Pylon & Obelisk.

In Great Hall. Carnac

Title from item. No. 1888. On verso: Karnak. Great Hall.

Temple. Abydus

Title from item. No. 1905. On verso: Abydos Temple.

[Chalet of the Viceroy]

Chalet of the viceroy overlooking the Suez Canal. Title from item. No. 1777.

At Medinet Habou

Man standing amid rubble, columns, and walls with hieroglyphics and bas-relief. Title from item. No. 1873. On verso: Thebes. Medinet-Abou. Second Court.

View from the hills. Assouan

Shallows and rocky outcroppings on the Nile River. Title from item. No. 1830. On verso: Assouan.

[Egypt - Medinet Habou - Plain and square palace window]

Rubble and remains of a palace.

Egypt - Beni Hassan - Entrance to Painted Tombs

Title from item. No. 1909. On verso: Beni Hassan. Entrance to painted tombs.

Temple of Dakkeh

People standing around remains of a pylon and Nubian temple of Dakkeh. Title from item. No. 1802.

Koum Ombos

Remains of the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris (Ombos). Title from item. No. 1836. On verso: Temple of Kom Ombo.

Abou Simbel

View of colossal figures, probably Ramses II, carved into rock that is part of the Great Temple at Abu Sunbul, Egypt. Title from item. No. 1794.

Edfou

Pylons adorned with bas-relief of the Temple of Horus at Idfū, Egypt.

Abou Simbel, façade of the Temple

View of colossal figure, probably Ramses II, carved into rock that is the Great Temple at Abu Sunbul, Egypt

At Memnonium. Thebes

Four headless statues standing before colonnades.

Egypt - Cairo - old house and Masharabieh

Egypt - Suez Canal - Lake Timsah, from opp. the chalet

Title from item. No. 1948. No. 1908. On verso: Suez canal. Lake Timsah from opp. the Chalet.

Medinet Habou

Rubble and remains of a temple with pylons.

Medinet Habou. Remains of Hall of Columns

Lower parts of columns in a roofless room with walls decorated with hieroglphyics and bas-reliefs.

Egypt - Luxor - columns of portico

Carnac

Building remains and rubble, an obelisk in background. Title from item. No. 1875. On verso: Thebes. Karnak.

Medinet Habou

Temple entrance with two columns, one with statue, the other with lower half of legs.

Philœ from s[outh]

Two men on the riverbank across from Philae, Egypt.

[Abou Simbel]

View of colossal figure, probably Ramses II, carved into rock that is the Great Temple at Abu Sunbul, Egypt. Title from item. No. 1796. No. 47.

Pylons. Carnac

Two men on the banks of a body of water, remains of pylons in background. Title from item. No. 1893. On verso: (Karnak) Thebes. The Pylons.

Landing place. Assouan

Boats harbored in the Aswan area on the Nile River. Title from item. No. 1831. On verso: Assouan. Landing place.

[The freshwater canal at Ismailia]

Small boats moored at water's edge in tributary to the Suez Canal. Title from item. No. 1774.

Pharaoh's bed. Philœ

Portico and temple ruins overlooking the Nile River.

Portico. Goorneh. Thebes

Title from item. No. 1851. On verso: Thebes. Goorneh. Portico.

[Egypt - Thebes - Deir-el-Medineh]

Temple carved into mountainside. Title from item. No. 1853. On verso: Thebes. Temple & rocks.

[Philae - columns of Pharaoh's bed]

Title from item. No. 1827. On verso: Egypt. Philae. Columns of Pharaohs Bed.

Philœ. G[rea]t River Wall

Island of Philae with remains of ancient temples and pylons. Title from item. No. 1817. On verso: Philae. The Island from Biggah. With Great Wall.

Philœ from Mishod

Man walking down path at river's edge with a distant view of Philae from Mishdod. Title from item. No. 1814. On verso: Philae.

Valley of Tombs of Kings. Thebes

Two people and pack animal make their way along road on the floor of the Valley of Kings, Egypt. Title from item. No. 1855. On verso: Thebes. Valley of the Tombs of the Kings.

[Statues of Memnon, upright view. - Thebes]

Twin reconstructed statues of Memnon seated on throne, Egypt. Title from item. No. 1858. On verso: Thebes. Statues of Memnon.

Sanctuary ... Carnac

Title from item. No. 1891. On verso: Thebes. Karnak. Sanctuary Obelisk.

View from Philœ

Man standing amid temple ruins on the Island of Philae, Egypt. Title from item. No. 1818. On verso: View from Philae.

Wady Saboua

Two statues and three sphinxes in the desert near the Sabou River. Title from item. No. 1801. On verso: Colossi & Sphinxs.

Cleopatra's Needle

Obelisk towers above small buildings, local residents and a single tree. Title from item. No. 1770.

Greek tablets. Wady Kardassy

Tablets with Greek inscriptions and sculpture of woman carved on stone wall, door on right.

S[outh] E[ast] corner. Koum Ombos

[Egypt - Karnak - Hall of Columns, side view]

Title from item. No. 1879. On verso: Thebes. (Karnak) Hall of Columns.

Island of Philœ

Island of Philae with remains of ancient temple and pylons.

The Great Hall &c. Carnac

Ruins of the Great Hall and two obelisks; in foreground people gather at water's edge. Title from item. No. 1894. No. 1004. On verso: (Karnak) Thebes. The Great Hall. General view.

[The 1st cataract of the Nile]

Shallows and rocky outcroppings on the Nile River. Title from item. No. 1829. On verso: Assouan. River Nile (First Cataract).

Roman pier. Assouan

Remains of pier built by the Romans in the Aswan area on the Nile River. Title from item. No. 1834. On verso: Assouan. Roman Pier.

Avenue of Sp[hynxes]

Title from item. No. 1885. On verso: (Karnak) Thebes. Avenue of Sphinxs.

Second cataract - with Rock of Abouseer

Large rock looms over shallows and rock outcroppings along the Nile River in Egypt. Title from item. No. 1793. On verso: Second Cataract. Wadi Haifa. River Nile.

Statues of Memnon. Thebes

Twin reconstructed statues of Memnon seated on throne, people with animals resting at the base.

At Erment

Remains of a temple. Title from item. No. 1848. On verso: Erment. Fragments of a temple.

Koum Ombos

View of south side of the remains of the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris (Ombos).

Dier [i.e. Deir]-el-Medinet. Thebes]

Remains of temple. Title from item. No. 1854. On verso: Thebes. Dier [i.e. Deir]-el-Medinet Abou. Temple & rocks.

Chadoufs de la Haute Egypt / Zangaki.

Men standing next to a series of shadoofs (shadufs), devices which lift water from a stream or well for use in irrigation.

[Woman assisted by man as she mounts or dismounts a donkey in Alexandr...

Title devised by library staff. On verso: Africa. Natives. Egypt, Alexandria. Woman on back of donkey. Possibly taken by Tancrède R. Dumas.

Kôm Ombo (Sud Est) / J.P. Sebah.

The ruins of the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris at Ombos, Egypt.

Cimetière Arabe, Caire / P. Sebah, Phot.

Cemetery with tomb(?) and minarets in background, Egypt. Title from item. No. 32.

Grand bazar au Kasr el Nil, Cairo / Zangaki.

Aerial view of people and animals gathered in open air market. Title from item. Photograph by Adelphi and Constantine Zangaki. No. 390.

Mosquée El Bordeni (Sanctuaire) / J.P. Sebah.

The mihrab and minbar in the Mosque of al-Burdayni, Cairo, Egypt.

Epicerie arabe / Zangaki.

Men standing next to shop stall open to street, Egypt(?). Title from item. Photograph by Adelphi and Constantine Zangaki. No. 664.

Bedouin / J.P. Sebah.

Studio portrait of Bedouin man, full-length, standing, facing front, holding prayer beads.

Colossi and Sphynx at Wady Saboua, Nubia / Frith 1857.

View of the remains of two colossuses and sphinx that may have stood at the head of a walkway. Signed, dated, and numbered on glass plate. Published in: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia / Francis Frith. London : Willia... more

Assouan

View of the port at Aswān, Egypt, showing ships and men along the bank of the Nile. Published in: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 6].

Antiquities at the island of Biggeh / Frith 1857.

Stone structures on the island of Biggeh. Signed and dated on glass plate. Published in: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 16].