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Scene with Crocodiles: Near Wady Dabod.
Temple of Memnon: View of the temple and ruins at Thebes. With quote “The Idols of Egypt shall be moved”
Quay of Suez.
Panorama of the City: Four views in and around the city with descriptive text in French.
General view with Desert Encampment in the foreground.
Dendera: Lateral view of the Temple of Typhonoeum.
Temple of Dandour.
Nubian Inhabitants at the Temple.
Kasr Esh-Shema Gateway: Roman fortress of Babylon or Kasr-esh Shema, ‘Castle of the Beacon’.
Holy Tree of Metereah.
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.
Silk Bazaar.
Aqueduct of the Nile from Rhoda.
View along the harbour.
A depiction of an Ancient Egyptian planisphere from the ceiling of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, renowned as the only complete map of the ancient sky.
Ruins of the Temple of Medamout near Thebes.
Nilometer on the Island of Rhoda. Nilometers, or al-Miqyas, were used to measure the levels of the Nile.
Kalabshee Formerly Talmis: View of the Temple built by Amenhotep II c1450 BC and relocated to New Kalabasha Island.
View of the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Nile floodplain.
Approach to the Temple of Wady Saboua.
View from the Citadel.
Ras-et-Teen: View from the Eastern Harbour of Alexandria, looking at the palace.
Temple of Wady Kardassy.
Street scene in Cario with view of the Al-Azhar Mosque.
View at the half-way point of the newly opened Suez Canal linking Eastern Asia and Europe.
Panorama towards the sea.
Valley of the Kings: Approach to Tombs of the Pharaohs.
Tel El Kebir: Bird’s Eye with key of General Wolseley’s victory over the Arabi Pasha’s Egyptian forces.
Alexandria Harbour: Panoramic view showing the principal collonaded avenue towards Pharos Island and the old port on the left, the Great Harbou, the Temple of Neptune and Timonium of Alexander on the right.
Bird’s eye view of the Principal Square.
View of the city and it’s port of feluccas from across the Nile.
Saladin Citadel: View of the fortifications built on Mokkattm Hill in the 12th Century to protect the city from crusaders.
Slave Boat on the Nile: View looking towards the Pyramids of Dashour and Saccara.
Edfu (Apollinopolis Magna): View from within the temple portico. After Vivant Denon, engraved by John Pass.
Sphynx and Pyramids of Khufu, Kharfre, Menkuare and one of the pyramids of the Queens.
Temple of Wady Saboua.
Mosque of Tooloon.
Colossi of Memnon and a distant view of Medinah Habou.
View from the northwest of the temple complex and the Nile.
Sphinx (Abu al Haul): With the Pyramids of Cheops (Khufu) and Chephren (Khafre): Drawn from life during Hildebrandt’s ’round-the-world’ voyage.
View from the River Nile to the settlement of Assouan.
Temple on Gebel Garabe called Surabit el Khadi.
Temple of Isis on the Roof of the Great Temple of Dendera.
Ruins of the Temple dedicated to Isis and Serapis.
Sphynx, Obelisk, and Pyramids.
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.
View of Principle Square and the Governor of Egypt’s residence.
View of the Suez Canal.
Karnac: Oblique view through the Hypostyle Hall. The reliefs on the columns detail the reigns and battles of Seti I and Ramesses II.
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.
View of the entrance to Wady Dabod Temple.
Temple of Tafa.
Colossi of Memnon: Erected in c1350 BC, the northern statue depicts Amenhotep III with his mother Mutemwia and the southern, the pharaoh with his wife Tiy.
Grand entrance to Luxor: After Vivant Denon, engraved by John Pass.
View of the Pyramids, Sphinx and the Nile.
Alexandria from Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque.
Great pyramid Cheops, second pyramid Cephren and the Sphynx.
Pyramids and a Camel Caravan. After F Wright.
Alexandria: Panorama of the City and Port with key in Dutch and French After the 1665 view by Arnoldus Montanus.
View of the Temple of Horace.
Statues of Memnon on the Plain of Goorna.
Panorama of the City: Four views in and around the city with descriptive text in French.
View of the north east ruins of the temple and Pylon of Ramses II.
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.
Ras-et-Teen: View of yachts in the Eastern Harbour with the palace of Ras-et-Teen in the background.
Grand Cairo: Panoramic view with Muhhamad Ali Pasha mosque in foreground.
Obelisk of On: On the site of the ancient city of Heliopolis.
Depiction of the Ancient Egyptian Zodiac from the ceiling of the Temple of Dendera, renowned for being the only complete map of an ancient sky.
Portraits: Mamaluke cavalryman, infantry soldier and Bedouin Arab soldier.
Scene on the Quay of Suez.
Temple of Luxor: View from the south. Imperial edition of the Description de L’Egypte which recorded the highly influential Napoleonic expedition.
Erment, Ancient Hermontis, Upper Egypt: View of the temple ruins orginally dedicated to the war-god Montu.
Abyssinian Slaves at Korti.
Double Panorama of the City: Contemporary view before the considerable expansion and development of the 19th century.
Medinet Abou (Habu): Mortuary temple of Ramesses III. Interior of the ruins.
View of the port from the River Nile.
Panorama of the ancient Acropolis: Showing ‘Pompey’s Pillar’, a memorial to Diocletian misnamed during the Crusades.
Double Panorama of the port with the minaret of Amr Ibn Al-Aas and the Nile towards the east of the city.
View towards the harbour.
Entrance to the Palace of Luxor: Imperial edition of the Description de l’Egypte which recorded the highly influential Napoleonic expedition.
View of the Nile from the Grand Pyramid.
Ras Mohammed: Double panorama of the inlet on the Red Sea. From the west and from Cherm El Bir.
View of the entrance to Wady Dabod Temple.
Four views of pyramids and the Sphinx. With a description in French of design and history.
View of the city at the junction of the Blue and White Nile.
Tombs of the Mamlooks.
View of the flooded Nile banks with the Colossi of Memnon in the background.
Sphynx with Pyramids in the background.
Teaching the Trooper to Play Polo. Scene showing the match in full flight.
Tombs of the Caliphs.
Mourad Palace: Mamluks exercising in the Square. Murad Bey effectively ruled Egypt jointly with Ibrahim Bey in the late 18th century.
Temple of Isis on the Nile.
Cleopatra’s Needle.
Cairo: Panorama from the environs.
View of the Great Pyramids from the Nile.
Island of Er-Rhodah: Southern part of the Island with Masr El-Ateekah.
Mosque of El Guyooshee near Cairo.
Tombs of the Caliphs: Mosque of Ayed Bey in the Tombs of the Caliphs.
Nile River from Cairo to Khartoum: Showing the route from Cairo of the expedition led by Gen. Wolseley to relieve Gen. Gordon at Khartoum.
View of the city mosques from a distance.
Tombs of the Caliphs.
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.
Panorama of the city looking towards the Sea.
Alexandria: Panorama of the city with vignettes of Cleopatra’s Palace, Alexander’s obelisque and the tower interior with text in French.
Temple of Hathor known as Serabit el-Khadim.
Memnomium: Ruins of the Memnomium,Temple of Ramses II (Lesotris) during a Storm.
Temple of Dakke.
View of the Island of Graia in the Gulf of Akaba.
Four Views: The Fort, The Palace, Looking down the Nile, and Looking up the Nile.
Nile: First and Second Cataracts. Eight views between the two cataracts of the Nile.
View of ruins with the column of Tarhaqa.
Luxor (Thebes): Southwest ruins on the Nile.
View from the west of the central temple ruins.
Ras-et-Teen: View of yachts in the Eastern Harbour with the palace of Ras-et-Teen in the background.
Valley of the Kings: Approach to Tombs of the Pharaohs.
Temple of Wady Saboua.
Sphinx (Abu al Haul): With the Pyramids of Cheops (Khufu) and Chephren (Khafre): Drawn from life during Hildebrandt’s ’round-the-world’ voyage.
View along the harbour.
Temple of Isis on the Nile.
View of the city and it’s port of feluccas from across the Nile.
Temple of Isis on the Roof of the Great Temple of Dendera.
Panorama towards the sea.
Tombs of the Caliphs.
Bird’s eye view of the Principal Square.
Nile River from Cairo to Khartoum: Showing the route from Cairo of the expedition led by Gen. Wolseley to relieve Gen. Gordon at Khartoum.
View of the Pyramids, Sphinx and the Nile.
Island of Er-Rhodah: Southern part of the Island with Masr El-Ateekah.
Portraits: Mamaluke cavalryman, infantry soldier and Bedouin Arab soldier.
Aqueduct of the Nile from Rhoda.
Mourad Palace: Mamluks exercising in the Square. Murad Bey effectively ruled Egypt jointly with Ibrahim Bey in the late 18th century.
View of the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Nile floodplain.
Tombs of the Mamlooks.
Temple on Gebel Garabe called Surabit el Khadi.
View of the entrance to Wady Dabod Temple.
Mosque of El Guyooshee near Cairo.
Sphynx, Obelisk, and Pyramids.
Double Panorama of the port with the minaret of Amr Ibn Al-Aas and the Nile towards the east of the city.
Colossi of Memnon: Erected in c1350 BC, the northern statue depicts Amenhotep III with his mother Mutemwia and the southern, the pharaoh with his wife Tiy.
Sphynx with Pyramids in the background.
Ruins of the Temple dedicated to Isis and Serapis.
Entrance to the Palace of Luxor: Imperial edition of the Description de l’Egypte which recorded the highly influential Napoleonic expedition.
Ruins of the Temple of Medamout near Thebes.
Ras-et-Teen: View from the Eastern Harbour of Alexandria, looking at the palace.
Slave Boat on the Nile: View looking towards the Pyramids of Dashour and Saccara.
Four Views: The Fort, The Palace, Looking down the Nile, and Looking up the Nile.
Silk Bazaar.
Scene on the Quay of Suez.
Saladin Citadel: View of the fortifications built on Mokkattm Hill in the 12th Century to protect the city from crusaders.
View of the flooded Nile banks with the Colossi of Memnon in the background.
Scene with Crocodiles: Near Wady Dabod.
Temple of Wady Kardassy.
Tombs of the Caliphs: Mosque of Ayed Bey in the Tombs of the Caliphs.
Temple of Hathor known as Serabit el-Khadim.
Alexandria Harbour: Panoramic view showing the principal collonaded avenue towards Pharos Island and the old port on the left, the Great Harbou, the Temple of Neptune and Timonium of Alexander on the right.
Quay of Suez.
Colossi of Memnon and a distant view of Medinah Habou.
Temple of Tafa.
View of the Island of Graia in the Gulf of Akaba.
Obelisk of On: On the site of the ancient city of Heliopolis.
View of the city at the junction of the Blue and White Nile.
Nilometer on the Island of Rhoda. Nilometers, or al-Miqyas, were used to measure the levels of the Nile.
View from the west of the central temple ruins.
Approach to the Temple of Wady Saboua.
Nile: First and Second Cataracts. Eight views between the two cataracts of the Nile.
Temple of Dandour.
View from the Citadel.
View of Principle Square and the Governor of Egypt’s residence.
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.
Holy Tree of Metereah.
Temple of Luxor: View from the south. Imperial edition of the Description de L’Egypte which recorded the highly influential Napoleonic expedition.
A depiction of an Ancient Egyptian planisphere from the ceiling of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, renowned as the only complete map of the ancient sky.
Sphynx and Pyramids of Khufu, Kharfre, Menkuare and one of the pyramids of the Queens.
View of the Suez Canal.
Statues of Memnon on the Plain of Goorna.
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.
View of the entrance to Wady Dabod Temple.
View of ruins with the column of Tarhaqa.
Grand Cairo: Panoramic view with Muhhamad Ali Pasha mosque in foreground.
Erment, Ancient Hermontis, Upper Egypt: View of the temple ruins orginally dedicated to the war-god Montu.
Ras Mohammed: Double panorama of the inlet on the Red Sea. From the west and from Cherm El Bir.
Double Panorama of the City: Contemporary view before the considerable expansion and development of the 19th century.
Tombs of the Caliphs.
Luxor (Thebes): Southwest ruins on the Nile.
Panorama of the ancient Acropolis: Showing ‘Pompey’s Pillar’, a memorial to Diocletian misnamed during the Crusades.
Memnomium: Ruins of the Memnomium,Temple of Ramses II (Lesotris) during a Storm.
View from the River Nile to the settlement of Assouan.
View of the north east ruins of the temple and Pylon of Ramses II.
Kasr Esh-Shema Gateway: Roman fortress of Babylon or Kasr-esh Shema, ‘Castle of the Beacon’.
Abyssinian Slaves at Korti.
General view with Desert Encampment in the foreground.
Cleopatra’s Needle.
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.
Temple of Dakke.
Pyramids and a Camel Caravan. After F Wright.
Four views of pyramids and the Sphinx. With a description in French of design and history.
Panorama of the City: Four views in and around the city with descriptive text in French.
Kalabshee Formerly Talmis: View of the Temple built by Amenhotep II c1450 BC and relocated to New Kalabasha Island.
Great pyramid Cheops, second pyramid Cephren and the Sphynx.
View of the Temple of Horace.
Teaching the Trooper to Play Polo. Scene showing the match in full flight.
Street scene in Cario with view of the Al-Azhar Mosque.
Grand entrance to Luxor: After Vivant Denon, engraved by John Pass.
View of the Great Pyramids from the Nile.
Alexandria from Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque.
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.
View towards the harbour.
View at the half-way point of the newly opened Suez Canal linking Eastern Asia and Europe.
View of the port from the River Nile.
Edfu (Apollinopolis Magna): View from within the temple portico. After Vivant Denon, engraved by John Pass.
Mosque of Tooloon.
View of the city mosques from a distance.
Dendera: Lateral view of the Temple of Typhonoeum.
View of the Nile from the Grand Pyramid.
Depiction of the Ancient Egyptian Zodiac from the ceiling of the Temple of Dendera, renowned for being the only complete map of an ancient sky.
Temple of Memnon: View of the temple and ruins at Thebes. With quote “The Idols of Egypt shall be moved”
Medinet Abou (Habu): Mortuary temple of Ramesses III. Interior of the ruins.
Panorama of the City: Four views in and around the city with descriptive text in French.
Cairo: Panorama from the environs.
Nubian Inhabitants at the Temple.
Alexandria: Panorama of the city with vignettes of Cleopatra’s Palace, Alexander’s obelisque and the tower interior with text in French.
Tel El Kebir: Bird’s Eye with key of General Wolseley’s victory over the Arabi Pasha’s Egyptian forces.
Alexandria: Panorama of the City and Port with key in Dutch and French After the 1665 view by Arnoldus Montanus.
View from the northwest of the temple complex and the Nile.
Karnac: Oblique view through the Hypostyle Hall. The reliefs on the columns detail the reigns and battles of Seti I and Ramesses II.