Arab Collection (page 8)

The Tombs of the Califs, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

A picturesque corner of Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The native quarter, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The Pyramids of Giza during a flood, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

An oasis near Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

The Pyramids of Giza, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

Tourists Corner, the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Tuaregs on a journey, North Africa, 1895. Artist: Ivan Pranishnikoff
Tuaregs on a journey, North Africa, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

A Targui man, 1895. Artist: Henri Thiriat
A Targui man, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Gateway to the kasbah, Fez, Morocco, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

A school in Fez, Morocco, 1895. Artist: Ivan Pranishnikoff
A school in Fez, Morocco, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Mulai Tayeb, the Sheriff of Wezzan, North Africa, 1895. Artist: Henri Thiriat
Mulai Tayeb, the Sheriff of Wezzan, North Africa, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

An Arab camel driver, North Africa, 1895. Artist: Henri Thiriat
An Arab camel driver, North Africa, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

An Arab woman from Tangier, Morocco, 1895. Artist: Henri Thiriat
An Arab woman from Tangier, Morocco, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

An Arab man from Tangier, Morocco, 1895. Artist: Henri Thiriat
An Arab man from Tangier, Morocco, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

The Beni-Ramasses quarter, Constantine, Algeria, 1895. Artist: Ivan Pranishnikoff
The Beni-Ramasses quarter, Constantine, Algeria, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

A Kabyle village, North Africa, 1895. Artist: Meunier
Kabyle Village, North Africa, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Sudanese Arabs and a female Shilluk slave, Sudan, 1895. Artist: Ivan Pranishnikoff
Sudanese Arabs and a female Shilluk slave, Sudan, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

An Arab family of Tlemcen, Algeria, c1890. Artist: Bertrand
An Arab family of Tlemcen, Algeria, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XXI, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

Arab mendicant, Biskra and El-kantra women, c1890. Artist: Hildibrand
Arab mendicant, Biskra and El-kantra women, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XXI, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

An Arab dancing horse, Udaipur, India, 1922. Artist: Herbert Ponting
An Arab dancing horse, Udaipur, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Entrance to the Virgins Fountain, Jerusalem, Israel, late 19th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Aswan and the island of Elephantine as seen from the western cliffs, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Assuan and the island of Elephantine as seen from the western cliffs, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

The hunting of the wild bull, carved on a tempkle wall at Medinet Habu, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This is one of the most spirited scenes that an Egyptian sculptor ever wrought

Descending gallery in tomb of Sethos I, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Descending gallery in tomb of Sethos I, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This excavation in the mountain is the sepulchral chamber for the mummy

Valley of the kings tombs at Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Valley of the kings tombs at Thebes, Egypt, 1905. When the kings found that the pyramids no longer sufficed to protect the body of the royal occupant

Looking down the Nile from the western cilffs of Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking down the Nile from the western cilffs of Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Here sailed forth the fleets of the Theban princes against those of Assuit

From the high cliffs at Der-el-Bahri across the plain to Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
From the high cliffs at Der-el-Bahri across the plain to Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

Looking south over the Theban plain and Temples of Medinet Habu, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking south over the Theban plain and Temples of Medinet Habu, Egypt, 1905. Here at our feet are a few of the tombs [of Medinet Habu]

Great war reliefs sculptured in the wall at Karnak Temple, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Great war reliefs sculptured in the wall at Karnak Temple, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. In three rows, one above the other, Sethos I, the father of Ramses II

The tallest obelisk in Egypt, in the temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The tallest obelisk in Egypt, in the temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. As it now stands, the great obelisk is 97.5 feet high and 8.5 feet square at the base, being the largest now in Egypt

Plants and animals brought from Syria by the Pharaohs, temple of Karnak, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Plants and animals brought from Syria by the Pharaohs, temple of Karnak, Egypt, 1905. We are in a chamber just north of the holy of hours built by Thutmosis III in the rear of the temple

The famous colonnade in the great Temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The famous colonnade in the great Temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. There are in all 132 of these columns, built of drum-shaped sections and arranged in sixteen rows

Excavating an avenue to the Temple of Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Excavating an avenue to the Temple of Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This scene furnishes us another good example of the way in which the rubbish and debris of fallen houses collect before

The entire length of the gigantic Temple of Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The entire length of the gigantic Temple of Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. The modest chapel of Amon, built here by the kings of the twelfth dynasty

Grand avenue approaching the Temple of Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Grand avenue approaching the Temple of Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. The soldiers of Assyria in plundering bands have marched down this avenue. Persian hordes have swarmed through it

The Moslem mosque in the court of Luxor Temple, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Moslem mosque in the court of Luxor Temple, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. On the right are the superb columns of Amenhotep IIIs unfinished hall

The tomb of a feudal lord at Beni Hasan, built about 1900BC, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The tomb of a feudal lord at Beni Hasan, built about 1900BC, Egypt, 1905. This is the tomb of Khnumhotep who was...one of those feudal barons of the twelfth dynasty whom the Pharaoh was forced to

Across the plain of Thebes and past the Memnon statues from the cliffs, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Across the plain of Thebes and past the Memnon statues from the cliffs, Egypt, 1905. The city which once stood below us rose to a splendour and magnificence unknown before

The winnowing of the grain after threshing, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The winnowing of the grain after threshing, Egypt, 1905. Here is the next step in the process of harvesting in Egypt, The mixture of broken straw

An Egyptian shaduf lifting the Nile waters to the thirsty fields, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
An Egyptian shaduf lifting the Nile waters to the thirsty fields, Egypt, 1905. For many thousands of years this device has been used

The beautiful Temple of Hathor at Denderah, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The beautiful Temple of Hathor at Denderah, Egypt, 1905. Here before us is one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. The part which we see was built under the Roman Emperor Tiberius

Columns of the great temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Columns of the great temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt, 1905. This temple within which we are standing was built in the fourteenth century BC and contained shrines to Osiris

The temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt 1905. Sethos never lived to see his temple finished; but, on that wall facing us, behind the pillars, is a long inscription of his son, Ramses II

Cliff tombs of the lords of Assiut, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Cliff tombs of the lords of Assiut, Egypt, 1905. One at the largest tombs which you see up there belonged to a powerful lord under the twelfth dynasty named Hepzefi

Arabian children enjoying a big-wheel, 1922. Illustration from Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume II, British Empire to Dahomey, edited by J A Hammerton

Khufus sarcophagus, broken by robbers, in the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Khufus sarcophagus, broken by robbers, in the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. See how the tomb-robbers have broken away the corner in their mad search for treasure

Looking down the main passage to Khufus sepulchre within the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking down the main passage to Khufus sepulchre within the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Up this superb hall the body of the king was borne on the day of burial; those cuttings in the side walls just

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