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Reference (shelfmark):: 1784.a.10(1)
Title:: Temple of Bhawun. Photographer: Egerton, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down the paved street, lined with shops, towards the dome of the Devi Vajresri Temple at Kangra.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1784.a.10(7)
Title:: Temple at Nugger [Nagar]. Photographer: Egerton, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the sanctuary tower of the temple, with its characteristic wooden superstructure: 'In the evening I went on to Nugger, fifteen miles further up the valley, and some 1,500 feet above the river...The temples of Koolloo have a curious kind of wooden...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1786.b.33, 1(15)
Title:: Abydos. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of a stele inscribed with hieroglyphics and relief sculpture: 'The Photograph is of a slab of Sienite, which formed the jamb of the door of one of the inner chambers, and will serve as an illustration of the manner in which the whole of the inner par...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860-1861
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1786.b.33, 1(16)
Title:: Dendera. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View of part of the exterior of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, with the ruins of brick-built structures in the foreground: 'This Temple stands among the mounds of the old town of Tentyris, and is still further hidden and disfigured by the shapeless ruins of a...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860-1861
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1786.b.33, 1(17)
Title:: Old Goornah. (Portico.) Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View along the colonnaded façade (the entrance to the hypostyle hall?) of the Temple of Sethos I (Sety I), near the hill of Dra Abu el-Naga at the northern end of the plain of Thebes. The area and modern village are variously spelled Qurna, Gurna or el Gurna.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860-1861
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1786.b.33, 1(18)
Title:: Old Goornah. (Temple from behind.) Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography General view along rear façade of the Temple of Sethos I (see also preceding print): '…the whole of the back part (as may be seen from the photograph) is either in utter ruin or has completely disappeared.'
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860-1861
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1786.b.33, 1(20)
Title:: Thothmosium. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography A faded view, looking along the valley towards the ruins of the Temple of Thutmose IV at Thebes and the sheer cliff face beyond: 'A Temple situated immediately at the base of the Western Hills [of Thebes], and in great measure excavated in one of them. It is no...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860-1861
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1786.b.33, 1(22)
Title:: Rameseum. (Colossal statue.) Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the Osirid pillars of the second court of the Ramesseum at Thebes, with the colossal head of Rameses lying in the sand to the right. For a similar composition, taken by Maxime Du Camp a decade earlier, see 1261.d.30, plate 59 (in volume 2 o...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860-1861
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1786.b.33, 1(23)
Title:: Rameseum. (From the south.) Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards Osirid pillars of the portico of the Ramesseum at Thebes, with part of the hypostyle hall on the left.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860-1861
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1786.b.33, 1(24)
Title:: Dayr El Medeenet [Deir el-Medina]. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking eastwards towards the Nile from Deir el-Medina, located in the hills to the west of the Theban plain between the Ramesseum and Medinet Habou, with a temple complex and tombs (The Temple of Amun?) in the middle distance. The village was originally p...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860-1861
Extent:: 1 item

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