Alexandria: Panorama of the city with vignettes of Cleopatra’s Palace, Alexander’s obelisque and the tower interior with explanatory text in French.

Bab al-Kalabsha: Portico of the Temple of Kalabshi, the lesser sun god Mandulis. Built in 30 BC but never completed, the temple was moved to Lake Nasser after the building of the Aswan dam.

Cairo to Khartoum: Nile River. Showing the route from Cairo of the expedition led by Gen. Wolseley to relieve Gen. Gordon at Khartoum.

Panoramic view from the Pyramids at Giza to the Citadel of Cairo. With Key. The Anglo Egyptian War of 1882 ended with a British victory that expanded the British Empire’s control over Egypt.

Nilometer on the Island of Rhoda. Nilometers, or al-Miqyas, were used to measure the levels of the Nile.

Cairo: Obelisk of On: On the site of the ancient city of Heliopolis.

El Bourg Monastery: View near to El Tor (Raithu) on the Red Sea: Caravan at the approach.

Sphinx (Abu al Haul): With the Pyramids of Cheops (Khufu) and Chephren (Khafre): Drawn from life during Hildebrandt’s ’round-the-world’ voyage.

Memnon. The Great Colossi and fragments at the Memnonium.

Erment, Ancient Hermontis, Upper Egypt: View of the temple ruins originally dedicated to the god Montu.

Giza: View of the Sphynx and and four examples of pyramids. With text in French relating to their design and history.

Alexandria: Bird’s eye view from Pharos Island and the fort of Qaitbay towards the lake of Mariout. Within days of this view being drawn, British forces seized the city, remaining until 1956.

Medinet Abou. Distant view of the Temple.

Approach of the Simoon: The Great Sphynx with the infamous, hot cyclonic wind twisting up before the darkening sun. The most dramatic scene in the series. RARE subscribers’ edition.

Temple of Luxor: View from the west of the central temple ruins.

Luxor: Panorama of the ruins at Luxor of the Temple of Ramses II.

Dendera: Facade of the Temple of the goddess Hathor. To the right of the entrance is a depiction of Cleopatra.

Grand Approach to the Temple of Philae.

Grand Cairo: Panoramic view with Muhhamad Ali Pasha mosque in the foreground.

Luxor: View of the Temple from the south. Imperial edition of the Description de L’Egypte which recorded the highly influential Napoleonic expedition.

Edfu (Apollinopolis Magna): View from within the temple portico. After Vivant Denon, engraved by John Pass.

View of the city at the junction of the Blue and White Nile.

Portraits: Mamaluke cavalryman, infantry soldier and Bedouin Arab soldier.

Nile River: First and Second Cataracts. Eight views between the two cataracts of the Nile.

View of ruins with the column of Tarhaqa.

Pyramids and Sphynx: Showing the Nile valley, Giza and two sphinxes, both with intact noses. After Ollfert Dapper’s view of 1665 based on Jesuit descriptions.

Valley of the Kings: Approach to Tombs of the Pharaohs.

Suez: View of the the town and the Gulf.

Medinet Abou (Habu): Mortuary temple of Ramesses III. Interior of the ruins.

Luxor: View of the north east ruins of the temple and Pylon of Ramses II.

Abu Simble: Elevation of the Great Temple of Ramses II with the four colossi of the Pharaoh with a bas-relief of the god Ra Harakht in centre.

Dendera: Egyptian Planisphere from the ceiling of a shrine dedicated to the god Osiris in the temple of Hathor at Dendera. Renowned as the only complete map of an ancient sky.

Entrance to the Beni Hassan Cemetery.

Karnak: Oblique view through the Hypostyle Hall. The reliefs on the columns detail the reigns and battles of Seti I and Ramesses II.

Colossi of Memnon and a distant view of Medinat Habu.

Panoramic view of the temple complex and sacred lake from the Tomb of Horemheb.

Khartoum: Four Views of the Fort, the Palace, Looking down the Nile, and Looking up the Nile.

Dendera: Temple of Hathor. Egyptian Zodiac from the ceiling of a shrine dedicated to the god Osiris in the temple of Hathor at Dendera. Renowned as the only complete map of an ancient sky.

Colossi of Memnon: The northern statue depicts Amenhotep III with his mother Mutemwia, and the southern statue the pharaoh with his wife Tiy.

Grand entrance to Thebes: After Vivant Denon, engraved by John Pass.

Alexandria: View from Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque.

Temple of Edfou at Ancient Appolinopolis Magna. Dedicated to the god Horace.

Double Panorama of the port with the minaret of Amr Ibn Al-Aas and the Nile towards the east of the city.

Great Courtyard of Karnak and the Column of Taharqa.

Guyushi Mosque (Masjid al-Juyushi): View from the plateau of the Muqattam hills.

Luxor: Entrance to the Palace, Imperial edition of the Description de l’Egypte which recorded the highly influential Napoleonic expedition.

Island of Er-Rhodah (Rawdah Island): Southern part of the Island with the town of Masr El-Ateekah.

Battle of Tel El Kebir: Bird’s Eye view of General Wolseley’s victory over the Arabi Pasha’s Egyptian forces. With key.

Alexandria Harbour: Panoramic view showing the principal collonaded avenue towards Pharos Island and the old port on the left, with the Great Harbour, the Temple of Neptune and Timonium of Alexander on the right.

Double Panorama of Cairo: Contemporaneous view before the considerable expansion and development of the 19th century.

Medinet Abou. Remains of the Coptic Church inside the Temple.

The Sphynx: With the pyramids of Khufu, Kharfre, Menkuare, and one of the pyramids of the Queens.

Sudan: View of the Meroe Pyramids at al-Bagrawiya.

Nile River: Aqueduct of the Nile from the Island of Rhoda.

Alexandria: Panorama of the ancient Acropolis with ‘Pompey’s Pillar’, a memorial to Diocletian misnamed during the Crusades.

Cairo: Panoramic view on the Nile with views of the environs, aqueduct, and water-wheel with explanatory text in French.

Scene with Crocodiles: Near Wady Dabod.

View from under the portico of the Temple of Edfu.

Kalabsha (Talmis): View of the Temple relocated for the building of the Asswan Dam.

Panorama of the Lybian Mountains (Eastern Desert range) from the Temple of Luxor.

Memnomium: Ruins of the mortuary temple of Ammenhoptep III at Kom el-Hettan.