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Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Statue of Ramses II, an embellishment of his temple at Memphis, Egypt, 1905

Statue of Ramses II, an embellishment of his temple at Memphis, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Statue of Ramses II, an embellishment of his temple at Memphis, Egypt, 1905. Such statues as this fallen giant here were placed by the Kings of the Empire in front of their temples on either side of

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: 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. 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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Aswan and the island of Elephantine as seen from the western cliffs, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: The holy of holies and shrine for the divine image, Temple of Edfu, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: The wonderfully preserved temple at Edfu, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: The hunting of the wild bull, carved on a tempkle wall at Medinet Habu, Thebes, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: 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. 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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Descending gallery in tomb of Sethos I, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Valley of the kings tombs at Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: 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. 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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: From the high cliffs at Der-el-Bahri across the plain to Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Queen Makeres expedition to East Africa - reliefs carved at Der-el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Buried for ages - colonnaded terraces of the temple at Der-el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Painted tomb chamber hewn in the rock of the cliffs at Thebes, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Looking south over the Theban plain and Temples of Medinet Habu, Egypt, 1905

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]

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: View of Thebes and the colossi of Memnon, as seen from the Ramesseum, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Colossal Memnon statues at Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Herods street of columns, Samaria, Palestine (Israel), 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Herods street of columns, Samaria, Palestine (Israel), 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Herods street of columns, Samaria, Palestine (Israel), 1905. Stereoscope card. Detail

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Great war reliefs sculptured in the wall at Karnak Temple, Thebes, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: The tallest obelisk in Egypt, in the temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Plants and animals brought from Syria by the Pharaohs, temple of Karnak, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Middle aisle of the great hall and obelisk of Thutmosis I, temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Looking across the Sacred Lake to the great temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: The famous colonnade in the great Temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Steps leading to Jacobs well, looking northwest, Palestine (Israel), 1905

Steps leading to Jacobs well, looking northwest, Palestine (Israel), 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Steps leading to Jacobs well, looking northwest, Palestine (Israel), 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Avenue of sacred images after excavation, Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, c1900

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: 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. 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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: The entire length of the gigantic Temple of Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Grand avenue approaching the Temple of Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: The obelisk of Rameses II and front of Luxor Temple, Thebes, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: The Temple of Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, c1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: 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. 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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: The tomb of a feudal lord at Beni Hasan, built about 1900BC, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Across the plain of Thebes and past the Memnon statues from the cliffs, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Brickmaking, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: The winnowing of the grain after threshing, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Threshing in Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: An Egyptian sakieh, or ox-driven bucket pump, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: An Egyptian shaduf lifting the Nile waters to the thirsty fields, Egypt, 1905

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: The beautiful Temple of Hathor at Denderah, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: 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. 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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Sethos I and his son Ramses II worshiping their ancestors, Abydos, Egypt, c1900

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: The temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Assiut, the largest city of Upper Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Cliff tombs of the lords of Assiut, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Lillie Langtry (1853-1929), English actress, 1899-1900. Artist: W&D Downey

Lillie Langtry (1853-1929), English actress, 1899-1900. Artist: W&D Downey
Lillie Langtry (1853-1929), English actress, 1899-1900. Langtry was infamous for being the semi-official mistress to the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Grace Palotta, actress, 1899-1900. Artist: Window & Grove

Grace Palotta, actress, 1899-1900. Artist: Window & Grove
Grace Palotta, actress, 1899-1900

Background imageImages Dated 5th January 2008: Eva Moore (1870-1955), English actress, 1899-1900. Artist: W&D Downey

Eva Moore (1870-1955), English actress, 1899-1900. Artist: W&D Downey
Eva Moore (1870-1955), English actress, 1899-1900. From Celebrities of the Stage, edited by Boyle Lawrence, published by George Newnes Limited (London, 1899-1900)



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