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Looking down on the island of Philae and its temples, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking down on the island of Philae and its temples, Egypt, 1905. Over on the right is the square kiosk which the natives call Pharaohs Bed; it has no roof and never was finished

The unofficial opening of the inner chamber of the tomb of Tutankhamun, Egypt, 1922. Dr A Gardiner and Professor Breasted

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 holy of holies and shrine for the divine image, Temple of Edfu, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The holy of holies and shrine for the divine image, Temple of Edfu, Egypt, 1905. We are now standing where only the King and High Priest were allowed to enter

The wonderfully preserved temple at Edfu, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The wonderfully preserved temple at Edfu, Egypt, 1905. At our feet is the first court; you notice on the right the colonnade of the portico which surrounds the court. Behind is the vestibule

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

Looking north to the temple of Sethos I, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking north to the temple of Sethos I, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This is really a composite chapel for the kings of three generations: Ramses I, Sethos I and Ramses II. Stereoscopic card. Detail

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

Queen Makeres expedition to East Africa - reliefs carved at Der-el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

Buried for ages - colonnaded terraces of the temple at Der-el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Buried for ages - colonnaded terraces of the temple at Der-el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

Painted tomb chamber hewn in the rock of the cliffs at Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Painted tomb chamber hewn in the rock of the cliffs at Thebes, Egypt, c1900. A detail of a stereoscope card and text from a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope 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]

View of Thebes and the colossi of Memnon, as seen from the Ramesseum, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
View of Thebes and the colossi of Memnon, as seen from the Ramesseum, Egypt, 1905. Here at our feet, as we stand upon the higher roof of the central aisle of the Ramesseum

Colossal Memnon statues at Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Colossal Memnon statues at Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Here once stood a noble temple erected by Amenophis III, and the two colossal statues adorned its front. Stereoscopic card. Detail

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

Middle aisle of the great hall and obelisk of Thutmosis I, temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. The first two columns, one on each side, have been repaired at some period with rough masonry

Looking across the Sacred Lake to the great temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking across the Sacred Lake to the great temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This sacred lake, now the wallowing pool for the buffalos of the neighbouring peasantry

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

Avenue of sacred images after excavation, Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, c1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Avenue of sacred images after excavation, Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. It was Ramses II who erected this splendid avenue of sphinxes, or really of rams, though they are often called sphinxes

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 obelisk of Rameses II and front of Luxor Temple, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The obelisk of Rameses II and front of Luxor Temple, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This obelisk before us, like the temple pylon, was erected by Rameses II

The Temple of Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, c1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Temple of Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, c1900. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

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

Brickmaking, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Brickmaking, Egypt, 1905. We see here modern natives engaged in brickmaking by the same methods that were employed five thousand years ago

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

Threshing in Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Threshing in Egypt, 1905. The farm where we find this Egyptian peasant threshing his grain is in the fertile Nile valley of lower Egypt. Stereoscopic card. Detail

An Egyptian sakieh, or ox-driven bucket pump, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
An Egyptian sakieh, or ox-driven bucket pump, Egypt, 1905. This machine, known as a sakieh, is familiar to us, in a less primitive form, as the bucket- or chain-pump

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

Sethos I and his son Ramses II worshiping their ancestors, Abydos, Egypt, c1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Sethos I and his son Ramses II worshiping their ancestors, Abydos, Egypt, 1905. That little column of hieroglyphics before Ramses, just under his hands

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

Assiut, the largest city of Upper Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Assiut, the largest city of Upper Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

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

The obelisk of Heliopolis, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The obelisk of Heliopolis, Egypt, 1905. Obelisks always stood in pairs at the entrance to a temple. This obelisk is now in London

Ruins of the granite temple, the Sphinx and Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Ruins of the granite temple, the Sphinx and Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

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

Entrance to the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Entrance to the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1905. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering Cairo

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