qurna egypt

Egypt and Arabia petræa.

Napoleon defeating the Mamelukes, at the battle of the pyramids, near ...

Print shows a battle scene from behind the Mameluke lines, with the French advancing from the left.

[Napoleon at the battle of the pyramids, July 21, 1798] / peint par Gr...

Print shows Napoleon I on horseback during the Battle of the Pyramids, gesturing toward the pyramids in the distance while speaking to his officers and soldiers; in the lower right foreground are defeated Mamlu... more

Pyramide de Cheops / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; imp. par Bougeard ; Ri...

View of the pyramid with people and camels in the foreground. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 8. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

[Ariel, the first carriage of the Aerial Transit Company] / W. Walton ...

Print showing a winged boat, or "carriage," flying over the Nile river, with pyramids in the background. Inscription lower right: Restrike. Title devised by Library staff. Bella C. Landauer collection. Exhibite... more

Entrance. Painted Tomb. Beni Hassan

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 25, lower right. Probably photographed by Francis Frith.

[Ruins of temple(?)]

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 27, upper left. Probably photographed by Francis Frith.

Pyramides de Chéfren et de Mycérinus à Gyzèh / P. Sebah, Phot.

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 23. Printed on photograph: No. 45.

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.

Séboûah - vue générale du temple / FT [monogram] Félix Teynard.

General view of temple showing colossuses and sphinx in the foreground and pylons in the background at Es-Sebua, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'ar... more

Tâfah (Taphis) - ruines de constructions à assises courbes / Félix Tey...

View of ruins of structures built with curved courses. 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 Cie, [1858]... more

Abâziz - intérieur d'un village Arabe / Félix Teynard.

General view showing palm trees growing among ruins of buildings of an Arab village. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard.... more

Kôm-Ombou (Ombos) - vue générale des ruines / FT [monogram] Félix Teyn...

General view of ruins of the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris at Ombos, 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 : G... more

Environs de Ouadi-Halfah - vue du désert sur la rive gauche du Nil [i....

General view of the desert at the second cataract near Wadi-Halfa. 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... more

Tâfah - rochers granitiques sur les rives du Nil / Félix Teynard.

General view showing granite formations along the banks of the Nile, 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 : ... more

Kardâcy - vue générale des ruines du temple / Félix Teynard.

General view of ruins showing columns, capitals, and lintel of the temple at Qertassi, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix... more

El-Kab (Éléthya) - vue générale de l'hémi-spéos / Félix Teynard.

General view of the hemi-speos at El Kab, 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 Cie, [1858], pl. ... more

Séboûah - temple - colosse et sphinx de la partie gauche de l'avenue /...

General view of colossus and sphinx on the left side of the avenue approaching the temple at Es-Sebua, Egypt.

Dakkeh (Pselcis) - vue générale du temple / Félix Teynard.

General view of the temple at Ed Dakka showing pylons and temple structure. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : ... more

Mouharrakah (Hiera-Sycaminos) - vue générale du temple / Félix Teynard...

General view of temple at el-Maharraqa, 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 Cie, [1858], pl. 12... more

Tâfah (Taphis) - vue du temple situé dans l'interieur du village / Fél...

View of ruins of small temple which is situated in the center of the town. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : G... more

Kardâcy - sanctuaire, niches et inscriptions taillées dans les carrièr...

General view of sanctuary, niches, and inscriptions at the quarries in Qertassi, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teyna... more

Amadah - vue générale des ruines / Félix Teynard phot.

General view of ruins of temple at Amada. Blind stamp on mount: F Teynard. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : G... more

El-Fourdjeh - architecture hypogéene - peinture intérieure de la paroi...

Interior view of rock-hewn tomb showing paintings on the right side of the back wall. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard... more

El-Fourdjeh - [architecture hypogéene] - vue extérieure du tombeau / F...

Exterior view of rock-hewn tomb. 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 Cie, [1858], pl. 143. Surrogate a... more

Environs d'Ibrîm - chaine arabique - vue d'un ravin / Félix Teynard ph...

View of canyon and mountains around Qasr Ibrim. 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 Cie, [1858], pl. 1... more

Dakkeh - village et rives du Nil / Félix Teynard phot.

General view of palm trees and the ruins of a village on the banks of the Nile. Blind stamp on mount: F Teynard. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de... more

Séboûah - temple - vue générale du pylône / Félix Teynard phot.

General view of the pylon of the temple at Es-Sebua, Egypt. Blind stamp on mount: F Teynard. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix ... more

Débôd (Parembole) - vue générale du temple / Félix Teynard.

General view of ruins at the Temple of Dābūd. 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 Cie, [1858], pl. 107... more

Ile de Begheh - rive orientale - vue de l'Ile Fîleh du point K / Félix...

View of the eastern bank of the island of Biga as seen from "point K" on the island of Philae (see map, pl. 85 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art e... more

Dakkeh (Pselcis) - sculptures d'une des parois intérieures du naos / F...

Detail view of interior wall of the naos of the temple at Ed Dakka showing hieroglyphics and carvings. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoir... more

Débôd (Parembole) - vue générale des ruines / Félix Teynard.

General view of ruins at the Temple of Dābūd. 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 Cie, [1858], pl. 106... more

El-Fourdjeh - architecture hypogéene - peinture intérieure de la paroi...

Interior view of rock-hewn tomb showing paintings on the left side of the back wall. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard.... more

Korósko - sycomores et campement d'une caravane pour le sennâr / FT [m...

General view of a caravan encampment by a stand of sycamore trees on the banks of the Nile, on the route to Sennar. Blind stamp on mount: F Teynard. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus inté... more

Tâfah (Taphis) - constructions a assises courbes - partie supérieure d...

View of a sculpted niche on the ground before ruins of buildings constructed with curved courses. Blind stamp on mount: F Teynard. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'ét... more

Dakkeh - groupe de dattiers / FT [monogram] Félix Teynard phot.

General view of palm trees with the pylons of the temple at Ed Dakka in the distance. Blind stamp on mount: F Teynard. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art... more

Djébel-Selséleh (Silsilis) - stèles architecturales taillées dans les ...

Rock-hewn chapel and architectural stelae carved out of sandstone in the quarries at Gebel Silsileh. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire ... more

Deuxième cataracte - vue générale prise du désert sur la rive gauche d...

General view of the desert at the second cataract taken from the left bank of the Nile. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teyna... more

Tâfah (Taphis) - petit temple en ruines sur les bords du Nil / Félix T...

General view of ruins of small temple on the edge of the Nile, 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... more

El-Nâcérah - dattiers, rives du Nil et barques / Félix Teynard.

Date palms and boats along the banks of the Nile. 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 Cie, [1858], pl.... more

El-Kab (Élethya) - architecture hypogéenne - tombeau de Phapé - sculpt...

Detail view of painted bas-reliefs on wall of the tomb of Pahery, El Kab, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Par... more

[Timonier et matelot] / FT [monogram] Félix Teynard.

Full-length portrait photographs of a helmsman and a sailor. Images reversed on mount; sailor on left, helmsman on right. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'... more

Tâfah (Taphis) - constructions a assises courbes - figure provenante d...

View of a figure from a sculpted niche on a wall of the ruins of buildings constructed with curved courses. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'hi... more

[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.

Temple of Dakkeh

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

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.

Koum Ombos

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

Wady Saboua

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

Greek tablets. Wady Kardassy

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

Koum Ombos

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

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

Cours du Nil De la mer Méditerranée a la deuxième cataracte / / dessin...

Map showing the course of the Nile from the Mediterranean Sea to the second cataract of the Nile with principle geographic features and cities noted. IIllus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus in... more

The Khedive

Bedouin / J.P. Sebah.

Studio portrait of Bedouin man, full-length, standing, facing front, holding prayer beads. Title from item. No. 296.

[Man, woman, and children outside earth and wood structure]

Title devised by library staff.

Epicerie arabe / Zangaki.

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

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. Title from item. Photograph by Adelphi and Constantine Zangaki. No. 630.

Cairo. Group of camels

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 154.

Kôm Ombo (Sud Est) / J.P. Sebah.

The ruins of the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris at Ombos, Egypt. Title from item. No. 176.

Cairo. Cemetery in the desert

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 153.

[Man seated on wooden bridge over canal, ruins and buildings in backgr...

[Structure made of timbers, earth, rope, and vegetation, two people an...

Title devised by library staff. No. 19.

Tacabie Rhoda

Boat moored with sails down; several people on board looking ashore, possibly near Roda Island, Cairo, Egypt.

Architecture. Egypt

Ruins of a building built into or near a mountain.

Egypt el Kab

View of desert from inside a rock-cut tomb; hieroglyphics on cave walls. Title from item.

Embankment on the Nile Encampment.

Top photograph shows cliffs over Nile, bottom photograph shows men with camels. Titles from item.

Ascension de la pyramide / J.P. Sébah.

Tourist being helped up the great pyramid by Egyptian men. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

[Cairo(?). Three indigenous people in prayer]

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 170A.

Art Egyptien. Stele Musée du Louvre / A.G. phot.

Bas-relief and hieroglyphics on an arched stele two with eyes of Horus on top. Title from item. No. 20.

[Three women and a man in western attire, seated on camels, several lo...

Title devised by library staff. on verso mount: ?Democh family of D.C. or ?Francis G. Childs family of D.C.

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].

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

Nubie, Temple de Dakkeh (Égypte) / Bonfils.

Pylons and the remains of the Temple of Thoth (Dakka). Title from item. No. 198.

Prière du désert, halte dans le désert et chameliers en prière / Bonfi...

Camels rest as men stop for prayer in the Egyptian desert.

Temple de Moéharrakah, Egypte / Bonfils.

Ruins of a temple in Egypt. Title from item. No. 199.

Village arabe au bord du Nil / Bonfils.

Palm trees, thatched roof huts, and villagers along the banks of the Nile River, Egypt.

Shadoof[?] puits à roue en Egypte / Bonfils.

Man and cow standing near a shadoof, a mechanism used for irrigation. Title from item.

[Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, with ot...

Sergent Turc en garde à Bab el Quady / L. Fiorillo.

Man in uniform holding rifle, standing in front of rock structure covered with roof of branches, possibly in Egypt. Title from item. No. RR65. No. 1053.

Egypt--opening of the Suez Canal--the Empress Eugenie as she appeared ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1870 Jan. 8, p. 284.

[Man with cow on shadoof?] / AB [monogram]

Title devised by Library staff.

Ascension de la grande pyramide par un touriste / Bonfils.

Tourist being helped up the great pyramid by Egyptian men. No. 1188. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

Bonaparte en Égypte peint par E. Detaille ; Edouard Detaille 1878 ; ph...

Print shows Napoleon on horseback arriving with several of his generals at the scene of a battle where French soldiers present the captured standards of the Mamelukes and a group of prisoners; some of the Frenc... more

The professor and the Sphynx

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Scene du desert: arrivée de chameliers a un campement de tubu / Bonfil...

Encampment in the Egyptian desert showing tents & camels.

Excelsior

P2170 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyright 1883, by Imre & Bolossy Kiralfy." Caption: The past The present. Created by "Forbes Co., Boston & N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Egypt, Arabia Petræa, Abyssinia, &c.

Inset: Suez Canal, scale [1:3.500,000] Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Egypt and John Bull]

A seductive-looking female figure of Egypt with one hand on her hip sits on the edge of a bed or couch opposite John Bull. Although she sits facing him, he sits looking forward with his hands folded, not looki... more

The silver bracelet, the gold necklace

The Sphinx, Egypt

Title from caption card and item. Caption on mount: "The head of the Sphinx would fill a large school room." LOT subdivision subject: Egypt. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

[Egypt. Village and pyramids during the flood-time. ca. 189-]

Photo shows men on camels and one man standing next to a camel in shallow flood water, with pyramids in the background, in Egypt. Title from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Egypt. Forms part of:... more

Mahomet El Bashse. (Egyptian camel driver) / Franklin Co., Eng., Chi.

Mahomet El Bashse, half-length portrait, facing left, in traditional Egyptian costume. Copyright by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : published by N.D.... more

A camel train on the desert - Sinai (?)

Egypt (?). Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Group of Arabs around well - Sinai (?)

May not be Egypt. Caption on lantern slide is: At the well, Siam. Not traditional Bedouin or Egyptian dress. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportati... more

Ani-Musa - the Well of Moses in the Sinai desert 8 miles south of Sue

Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-D4271-143. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez to the south of the town of Suez at Uyun Musa (Biblical Twelve Springs of Moses), s... more

Avenue of acacia trees leading from Cairo to the Pyramids

Suez - a native Arab dhow

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 329. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1... more

Camel-drawn carriage in front of bridge

Avenue of acacia trees leading from Cairo to the Pyramids

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 304. Similar to lantern slides W7-121A and W7-121B. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949... more