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Osiride pillars at Medinet Habou, Thebes. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of a massive column carved as a representation of Osiris: ' This view represents the north-west or right-hand corner of the first great court of the Temple of Rameses III., at Medinet-Haboo. It is an hypa...
New excavations at Habou, Thebes. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking southwards across the newly-excavated hypostyle hall of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, with the temple pylons in the background. Frith's text notes the changes that had taken place since his...
Entrance to the Great Temple, Luxor. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the north, looking towards the southern half of the outer pylon of the Temple of Amun-Kamutef at Luxor. The entrance is flanked by the two massive, half-buried images of Rameses II, with the surviving obel...
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative (cropped). Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking along a portion of the exterior of the colonnade of Amenhotep III in the Temple of Amun-Kamutef at Luxor, looking northwards towards the temple pylon in the background: 'The columns, of which ...
Obelisk and Lotus Column, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith --- 1857' in the negative (cropped). Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the granite obelisk, with the base of the lotus column in the left foreground, in the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: 'Around is a perfect chaos of splendid ruin, amongst which I...
Pillars in the Great Hall, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the outer face of columns in the Great Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak. 'This picture represents a few of the pillars of the Hall of Columns, at Karnac. I have taken advantage of the dilap...
The broken obelisk, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 46 1857' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the fallen obelisk, with a European and two Arab figures posed in the foreground and the standing obelisk beyond. The Great Hypostyle Hall of the temple can be seen in the background: 'Here is...
Exterior of the Hall of Columns, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'E. No. 59 1857 Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of a portion of the Great Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: 'It is easier, methinks, to write an article for the most insignificant of my subjects than for Karnac: it is perfectl...
Sculptured gateway, etc., Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the south, looking towards the propylon decorated with hieroglyphics, of the Temple of Khons at Karnak, with part of the avenue of headless sphinxes in the foreground. Beyond is the pylon of the temple and...
The Granite Pylon, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view, looking upwards towards one of the pylons on the north-south axis of the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak, flanked on either side by headless statues.