Stereoscopic Card Collection (page 26)

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

Looking down the southwest corner of the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking down the southwest corner of the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

View from the summit of the Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
View from the summit of the Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt, 1905. Looking east across the Nile valley. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Second Pyramid, showing part of the original covering, Egypt, 1905. yramid, Egypt, c1900
The Second Pyramid, showing part of the original covering, Egypt, 1905. The second pyramid of Giza as seen from the summit of the Great Pyramid. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Looking up the northeast corner of the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking up the northeast corner of the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

King Khufus tomb, the Great Phyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
King Khufus tomb, the Great Phyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

The road to the pyramids, Giza, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The road to the pyramids, Giza, Egypt, 1905. The road westwards, from Cairo. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

The great Nile bridge, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The great Nile bridge, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

The Stela of Amenophis III, Cairo Museum, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Stela of Amenophis III, Cairo Museum, Egypt, 1905. This enormous stela, hewn out of black granite, is ten feet three inches high, five feet four inches wide, and thirteen inches thick

The magnificent jewellery of Queen Ahhotep (c1560BC-1530BC), Cairo Museum, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The magnificent jewellery of Queen Ahhotep (c1560BC-1530BC), Cairo Museum, Egypt, 1905. These luxurious adornments were found with the body of Queen Ahhotep at Thebes in 1860

The mummy of Sethos I (1394BC-1279BC), Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The mummy of Sethos I (1394BC-1279BC), Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

The famous wooden statue called the Shekh-el-Beled, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The famous wooden statue called the Shekh-el-Beled, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Statue held by the National Museum of Egypt. These portrait statues were intended to be more durable bodies, false bodies

Diorite statue of King Khafre, builder of the second Pyramid of Gizeh, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. This statue is in the National Museum of Egypt. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The harem windows in the court of a wealthy Cairenes house, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The harem-windows in the court of a wealthy Cairenes house, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. The ground floor, the carved doorway to which you see here on the right behind the tree

The Holy Carpet Parade with the Mahmal, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Holy Carpet Parade with the Mahmal, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Every year at the expense of the Sultan a fine carpet or huge fabric for festooning the Kaaba at Mecca is made in this city

The prayer-niche and pulpit in the tomb mosque of Kait Bey, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The prayer-niche and pulpit in the tomb mosque of Kait Bey, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. That niche there is called by the Moslems the mihrab, and it marks the proper direction for prayer

Tomb Mosque of Sultan Kait Bey, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Tomb Mosque of Sultan Kait Bey, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Here before us rises the lovely tomb-mosque of Kait Bey, built in 1474, by the last of the really great Mamlukes who preceded the Turkish conquest

A Ship of the Desert passing tombs of by-gone Moslem rulers, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A Ship of the Desert passing tombs of by-gone Moslem rulers, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. We look along the northern end of a line of royal tombs which extends along the entire eastern side of the city except

Cairo, looking south west, across the city to the pyramids, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Cairo, looking south west, across the city to the pyramids, Egypt, 1905. The high-walled building on the extreme left is the mosque of Rifa iyeh

Citadel and Mohammed Ali Mosque beyond Bab-el-Wezir cemetery, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Citadel and Mohammed Ali Mosque beyond Bab-el-Wezir cemetery, Cairo, Egypt, 1905. The city... did not originally include the citadel before us

Cairo - home of the Arabian nights, greatest city of Africa, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Cairo - home of the Arabian nights, greatest city of Africa, Egypt, 1905. The most prominent building before us is the superb mosque of Sultan Hasan

Pompeys Pillar, the sailors landmark, and modern Alexandria, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Pompeys Pillar, the sailors landmark, and modern Alexandria, Egypt, 1905. The shaft before us was erected as a landmark for sailors by one of the Roman governors of Egypt

An Egyptian Sakiyeh, Drawing Nile Water for Irrigation, Egypt, 1896. From The Underwood Travel Library - Egypt. [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1896]

Cheops, the Greatest of the Pyramids, Egypt, 1896. From The Underwood Travel Library - Egypt. [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1896]

Snake charmer, Calcutta, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Snake charmer, Calcutta, India, c1900s(?)

Ekka, outside Victoria Station, Bombay, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Ekka, outside Victoria Station, Bombay, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. An ekka is type of carriage used in India. It is more traditionally pulled by a single horse

Captured man-eating tiger blamed for 200 deaths, Calcutta, India, c1903. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Captured man-eating tiger blamed for 200 deaths, Calcutta, India, 1903. Stereoscopic card

Shawl weavers, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Shawl weavers, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card

Lady Curzxon travelling on the state barge of the Maharaja, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Lady Curzxon travelling on the state barge of the Maharaja, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. Victoria, Lady Curzon (1870-1906), was the first wife of George Curzon

Elephants working in a timber yard, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Elephants working in a timber yard, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card

Inside the audience hall, Mandalay Palace, Burma, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Inside the audience hall, Mandalay Palace, Burma, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. The palace was built in the late 1850s when Mindon, the penultimate King of Burma

Children playing hopscotch, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Children playing hopscotch, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card

Quaint bridge and houses, City of Sun, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Quaint bridge and houses, City of Sun, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card

Houseboat party, Jhelum River, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Houseboat party, Jhelum River, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. In the foreground a man plays a sitar

Man Singh Palace, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Man Singh Palace, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. Situated within Gwalior Fort, the Man Singh Palace was built between 1486 and 1516 by Raja Man Singh

The Maharaja of Gwalior at home, Madhya Pradesh, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Maharaja of Gwalior at home, Madhya Pradesh, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card

Gopuram, Sri Meenakshi Hindu Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Gopuram, Sri Meenakshi Hindu Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. Dedicated to Shiva and his consort, the princess Meenakshi

Pillars of a Hindu temple, Madurai, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Pillars of a Hindu temple, Madurai, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card

Tomb of Akbar, Sikandarah, Uttar Pradesh, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Tomb of Akbar, Sikandarah, Uttar Pradesh, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. The third Mughal emperor of India, Akbar (1542-1605) reigned from 1556 until his death

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