Ancient Site Collection (page 10)

Antiquities of Babylonia and Egypt, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777

Temple of Heliopolitan Zeus, Baalbek, Lebanon, 10-249 AD. Baalbek, in Lebanons Bekaa Valley, was known as Heliopolis, the City of the Sun

Childrens cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia, 3rd century BC. Many archaeologists believe that the Carthaginians practised child sacrifice

Roman Theatre, 41-54 AD
Roman theatre, Ephesus, Turkey, 41-54 AD

Roman Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon, 2nd century AD. Interior with columns. Baalbek, in Lebanons Bekaa Valley, was known as Heliopolis, the City of the Sun

Roman mosaic, 6th century AD. Located in the Bardo Museum, Portugal

Mosaic from a Roman villa, Montreal, Dordogne and Atlantic Coast, France

Nymphs, Roman mosaic, Volubilis, Morocco. Built in c40 BC, Voubilis was a Roman town near the western border of Romes territory in North Africa

Velarium of the Colosseum, Rome. Artist: A Lorenzini
Velarium of the Colosseum, Rome. Stone markers; there were about 160 of them, but only 5 remain

Roman theatre at Orange, France. Built during the reign of Augustus (27 BC-14 AD)

Purification of Mummies, detail from a temple wall painting, Thebes, Egypt

Drinking from the River, temple wall painting, Thebes, Egypt

Colossal statue of Rameses II, Temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt, 13th century BC. Detail of one of the four giant statues flanking the temple entrance

Gateway to the Temple complex of Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, 20th century
One of the doors of the Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt, 20th century. The gateway was built by Ptolemy III in the 3rd century BC although the temple itself is older

The Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt, 20th century. The location of tombs of the kings and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt)

Granite pillars with lotus and papyrus decoration, Temple of Amun-Re, Karnak, Egypt, 20th century

Statue of Ramses II, Luxor, Egypt, 20th century. Rameses II was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. His rule, which lasted 66 years from 1279 until 1213 BC

The Colonnade of Amenhotep III, Temple of Luxor, Egypt, 20th century. The construction of Luxor Temple was begun by Amenhotep III in the 14th century BC

The Grand Hall, Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Egypt, 20th century. The Temple of Hathor at Dendera was probably built in the 1st century BC in the late Ptolemaic period

Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Egypt, 20th century. The Temple of Hathor at Dendera was probably built in the 1st century BC in the late Ptolemaic period

Temple kiosk of Trajan, Philae, Egypt, 20th century. This building contains reliefs depicting the Roman Emperor Trajan (53-117) making offerings to the Egyptian gods Osiris, Isis and Horus

The Temple of Isis at Philae, Egypt, 20th century. The temple dedicated to Isis on the island of Philae was built in the Ptolemaic period

The Great Sphinx of Giza, Giza Plateau, Egypt. The Sphinx is located on the Giza Plateau with the three pyramids of Khufu (Cheops), Khafre (Chephren) and Menkaura (Men-kaur-re)

Tomb of Sethi I, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 13th century BC
Tomb of Seti I, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 13th century BC. Wall painting in the tomb of the 19th Dynasty Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Seti I who ruled Egypt from c1290 until 1279 BC

The Tomb of Amenhotep II, Valley of the Kings, Egypt. Amenhotep (Amenophis) II was the seventh Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He ruled from 1427 until 1400 BC

Tomb of Tutankhamun, Karnak, Luxor, Egypt. The tomb of the 18th Dynasty Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (ruled 1333-1323 BC) in the Valley of the Kings

The Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, 20th Century. The Sphinx is located on the Giza Plateau with the three pyramids of Khufu (Cheops), Khafre (Chephren) and Menkaura (Men-kaur-re)

General View of the Grand Temple of Amen Ra, Egypt, 20th Century
General view of the Grand Temple of Amun-Re, Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century. View of the ruins of the largest temple at the great temple complex of Karnak

General view of the Grand Temple of Amun-Re, Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century. View of the ruins of the largest temple at the great temple complex of Karnak

One of the Columns of King Taharqa, Karnak, Egypt, 20th Century. Taharqa was an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh of the Nubian or 25th Dynasty. His rule lasted from 690 to 664 BC

Grand Temple of Amun-Re, Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century. Looking along the avenue of rams head sphinxes towards the entrance to the temple

Avenue of ram-headed sphinxes, temple of Amun-Re, Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, 20th century

Temple of Khonsu, Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century
Temple of Khousu, Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century. Khonsu (Chons) was an Ancient Egyptian deity associated with the Moon. The temple dates from the New Kingdom (16th-11th century BC)

Gateway in front of the Temple of Khonsu, Karnak, Egypt, 20th Century
Gateway to the Temple of Khonsu, Karnak, Egypt, 20th Century. Khonsu (Chons) was an Ancient Egyptian deity associated with the Moon

Obelisk at the Temple of Rameses II, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century. Rameses II was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty

Temple of Rameses II, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century. Rameses II was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. His rule, which lasted 66 years from 1279 until 1213 BC

Three statues of Rameses II, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century. Rameses II was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. His rule, which lasted 66 years from 1279 until 1213 BC

The Ramesseum, Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, 20th Century. Relief carvings inside the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II built in the 13th century BC

The Victory of Rameses II, Karnak, Egypt, 20th Century. Rameses II was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. His rule, which lasted 66 years from 1279 until 1213 BC

Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt, 20th Century. Kom Ombo is actually two temples consisting of a Temple to Sobek and a Temple of Haroeris

Columns, Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, 20th Century. Dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus, the temple of Edfu was built during the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BC

Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, 20th Century. Dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus, the temple of Edfu was built during the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BC

Entrance to the Temple of Medinet Habu, Egypt, 20th Century. The mortuary temple of the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Rameses III, built in the 12th century BC

The Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt, 20th Century. View of the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II built in the 13th century BC

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el Bahari, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century. Hatshepsut was a female Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt whose rule (as co-regent with Thutmose III)

Necropolis and Memnonium of Thebes, Egypt, c1808. Artist: Berthault
Necropolis and Memnonium of Thebes, Egypt, c1808. Tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the temple, dedicated to the Egyptian god Amon, built by Rameses II in the 13th century BC

Temple at Tentyris (Temple of Denderah), c1808. Artist: Baltard
Temple at Tentyris (Temple of Denderah), c1808

Pyramide of Ellahoun, Meidoum and Sakkarah, c1808. Artist: Antoine Berthault
Pyramide of Ellahoun, Meidoum and Sakkarah, c1808

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