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Le parthenon à Athènes / daguérreotype Lerebours ; Imp. de Bougeard ; ...

View of the Parthenon, Athens, Greece. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 22. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

Pyramide de Chêops, le Sphynx et le Temple de Chafra, Gyzèh / P. Sebah...

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 23. Printed on photograph: No. 47.

Parthenon from w. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 14. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with... More

Theatre Bacchus. Dyonysus - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

View of Theater of Dionysus showing stage and seating. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p.18, right side.

Stage wall. Theatre of Dionysus (Bacchus)

Bas-relief sculpture from the stage wall; crouching figure of Silenus in center. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 8.

Dandoûr - vue générale des ruines / Félix Teynard.

General view of ruins of the Temple of Dendûr at Dandūr, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et Ci... More

Karnak (Thèbes) - sphinx a tête humaine et a tête de bélier, en Y / Fé...

Sphinxes with a human head and a ram's head at "point Y" (see map, pl. 42 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Pari... More

Louksor (Thèbes) - vue générale des ruines / Félix Teynard.

General view of ruins showing pylons, grand colonnade, and parallel galleries, Luxor (Thebes), Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire... More

Médînet-Abou (Thèbes) - constructions postérieures - fragment de sculp...

General view showing hieroglyphics on northeast wall of the Palace/Temple of Ramses III at Medinet-Habu, Thebes, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'ar... More

Karnak (Thèbes) - cour du palais - vue prise du point I / FT [monogram...

Court of the main temple as seen from "point I" (see map, pl. 42 bis).

Djerf-Hocein (Tutzis) - hémi-spéos - colosses de la partie extérieure ...

View of the exterior section showing colossuses by the colonnade at entry to the hemi-speos at the temple of Gerf Hussein. Blind stamp on mount: F Teynard. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les pl... More

Portico. Goorneh. Thebes - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 1851. On verso: Thebes. Goorneh. Portico. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whit... More

View from Philœ - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

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

Sanctuary ... Carnac - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 1891. On verso: Thebes. Karnak. Sanctuary Obelisk. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of... More

Temple. Abydus - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 1905. On verso: Abydos Temple. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt... More

Damascus. Location of Naaman the leper's house

In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 40A, pl. 79.

Tebessa. Ruines de la Basilique Byzantine / ND Phot.

Ruins of a Byzantine basilica, Tébessa, Algeria. No. 212. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture... More

Ruines Romaines de Thamugas. Le marché Romain / ND Phot.

Ruins of a Roman market in the city of Thamugadi (Timgad), Algeria. No. 584.

A Nubian landscape - North Africa and Middle East

Ruins of a temple (Trajan's kiosk or Pharaoh's Bed) on the island of Philae, Egypt.

Ruines Romaines de Thamugas. L'Arc de Triomphe / ND Phot.

Ruins of a Roman arch at Thamugadi (Timgad), Algeria. No. 370.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 52.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 45.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 51.

Karnak. Colonnade de la salle hypostyle, prise du Sud (Égypte) / Bonfi...

Colonnade constructed in hypostyle from the south, Thebes. No. 143. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with... More

[Temple wall with hieroglyphics and entrance, rubble inside and out, M...

No. 62. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy su... More

Thèbes. Montagne des tombeaux des rois, Egypte / Bonfils.

Tomb of the Kings embedded in mountain, Thebes. No. 168 The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture o... More

Kala̓t-Sedjar, Larissa - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Fortress in Shayzar (Larissa-on-the-Orontes), Syria. No. 1339. No. 157.

Grotte de Béni-Hassan (Égypte) / Bonfils.

Tomb at Beni Hasan, Egypt. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which c... More

Karnak. Ruines de la salle hypostyle, vue de l'intérieur (Égypte) / Bo...

Interior view of the remains of a hypostyle hall, Thebes. No. 149.

Dendérah. Colonne intérieure Temple de Tentyris - Egypte / Bonfils.

Upper part of a column in the Temple of Hathor, located in Dendara, Egypt. No. 205.

Vue générale du temple de Touthmès III, partie postérieure. Karnak / B...

A general view from the rear of the Festival Hall of the Temple of Thutmose III, showing clerestory windows, Thebes.

Mausolée en pyramide à El-Kefr - Public domain albumen print photogrpa...

Pyramid-shaped mausoleum at Al-Kafr, Syria. No. 1347. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

Bas-relief á la postérieure du temple - Dendérah / Bonfils.

Bas-relief and hieroglyphics cover wall in the Temple of Hathor, located in Dendara, Egypt. No. 207.

Pyramide de Sakkarah / Bonfils.

Pyramid of Ṣaqqārah surrounded by desert. No. 117. Public domain photograph of Ghiza pyramids, Egypt archaeology, ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior portal Temple Jupiter / Bonfils.

Temple of Jupiter, Baalbec. In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 24A, pl. 47. "No. 181" written in image.

Baalbec. Great portal of Temple of Jupiter. Central stone displaced by...

In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 24B, pl. 48. "No. 182" written in image.

Thèbes, Ramesseum. Statues Orisis et les colonnes du temple

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Egypt. Thebes. Ramesseum. Statue of Osiris and the columns of the temple" Print no. "2196. P.Z.... More

Northern views. Ancient staircase, Samaria

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Around the Dead Sea. Roman camps and Dead Sea from Masada

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Walled adobe structure with domes and arches in desert area, with man...

Public domain photograph of Russian Empire, color separation negatives, by Prokudin Gorsky, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panoramic view of the Forum, Rome

H129331 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Notman Photo Co.; July 12, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Boston, U.S.A. Image is duplicate of PAN FOR GEOG - Italy, no. 5.

[Destroyed city of Pompeii], Panoramic Photograph

J132517 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Moffett Studio; October 4, 1909. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Ruinenstadt el Chrêbe bei el ʻAlā Reste altägyptischer Statuen.

Plate 59b in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff.

Arnold Genthe. Travel views of Europe. Public domain artistic photogra...

Public domain photograph of classic architecture, sculpture, antiquity, ancient Greece, Rome, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Appian Way / Jno. G. Chapman, fect. Roma.

Print shows a stone house and ruins along the Appian Way. Signed in pencil. Title in Beall: Via Appia. Date based on period when Chapman lived in Italy. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog o... More

The Sphinx, pyramid, and temple of Khufu, Egypt

H117608 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7453. Public domain photograph of Ghiza pyramids, Egypt archaeology, ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ruin 5MT1831, Approximately 1.5 miles North of County Road G, Cortez, ...

Survey number: HABS CO-212 Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and pho... More

Members and activities of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford and her ... More

Members and activities of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford and her ... More

Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and pho... More

Members and activities of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford and her ... More

Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and pho... More

Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and pho... More

Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and pho... More

Members and activities of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford and her ... More

Members and activities of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford and her ... More

Members and activities of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford and her ... More

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-unit 76, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: Structure 16 had a long rectangular footprint measuring 34' x 12' with framed side walls and north gable end. The walls rested on sills underpinned by a single row of brick footings. The south gab... More

Abou-Sembil - grand spéos - statues colossales vues de face / FT [mono...

Front view of colossus, statue of Ramses II, at the large speos at Abū-Sunbul, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard... More

Francis Frith - Colossel figure at Abou Simbel, Nubia / Frith.

View of colossal figure, probably Ramses II, at the Great Temple at Abū Sunbul, Egypt. Signed on glass plate. Published in: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 29].

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-units 89 & 97, Jamestown, James Cit...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man standing in front of a stone building. Photographs of Lebanon, T...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

A black and white photo of an old cemetery. Photographs of Lebanon, Tu...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

A black and white photo of an old building. Photographs of Lebanon, Tu...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

A black and white photo of a building near a body of water. Photograph...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

A black and white photo of a giraffe under a tree. Photographs of Leba...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

A black and white photo of cows in a field. Photographs of Lebanon, Tu...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

A book with two pictures of a building. Photographs of Lebanon, Turkey...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

An old photo of a water wheel in the middle of a river. Photographs of...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

A couple of pictures of a town and a body of water. Photographs of Leb...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More