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2. 74/Cup.652.m.2, 1(78)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 74/Cup.652.m.2, 1(78)
- Title:
- Djébel-Selséleh (Silsilis). Stèles architecturales taillées dans les carrières [Architectural stelae carved in the quarries at Gebel el-Silsila]. Photographer: Teynard, Félix
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking up the hillside towards inscription slabs carved in the rock face and set within porticoed niches. The area around Gebel el-Silsila, about 65 kilometres north of Aswan, was famous for its quarries, whose sandstone was use for temple construction fr...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1851-1852
- Extent:
- 1 item
3. 74/Cup.652.m.2, 1(81)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 74/Cup.652.m.2, 1(81)
- Title:
- Assouan (Syène). Carrière de granit — Ancien système d'extraction [Granite quarry, ancient method of quarrying, Aswan]. Photographer: Teynard, Félix
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Archaeological Photography Geberal view of an excavated area of the quarry, with a large slab of granite, dressed on site, lying in the foreground.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1851-1852
- Extent:
- 1 item
4. 1261.d.30, 3(84)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1261.d.30, 3(84)
- Title:
- Nubie. Rive septentrionale du Nil (village d'Abou-Koli). Vue prise au nord de Philoe. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Landscape Photography View from the river north of Philae, looking across the rocky landscape towards the village of Abu Koli and the area whose quarries supplied building materials for the island. With additional caption note: 'Village d'Abou-Koli. — Carrières de Philœ; rochers nommé pa...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 10-15 Apr 1850
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. 1786.b.33, 2(16)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1786.b.33, 2(16)
- Title:
- Gertassee. (Quarries.) Photographer: Douglas, James
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Archaeological Photography View of quarried rock face at Qertassi, with a carved doorway and niches at the lowest level: 'An extensive sandstone quarry in Nubia, and which seemed to have been worked principally during the Greek period...There are no hieroglyphics near or in the quarry; t...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1860-1861
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. 10095.g.34(6)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 10095.g.34(6)
- Title:
- The quarries of Toura and pyramids. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Landscape Photography View from Tura, looking north-westwards towards the Nile, with quarries in the foreground: 'In this one little picture we have brought together the most ancient monuments of civilized man now existing on the face of the globe and the most recent invention; for, in t...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1859-1860
- Extent:
- 1 item
7. 10095.g.34(50)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 10095.g.34(50)
- Title:
- Sandstone quarries at Hager-Silsilis. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
- Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography 'General view of the quarries at Hager Silsilis [Gebel el-Silsila], looking southwards...In this view, the winding river and distant banks are charmingly represented.' Stereoscopic pair.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1859-1860
- Extent:
- 1 item
8. 10095.g.34(51)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 10095.g.34(51)
- Title:
- Sandstone quarries at Hager-Silsilis. General view. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
- Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking down onto the excavated area of the quuarries at Gebel el-Silsila. Stereoscopic pair.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1859-1860
- Extent:
- 1 item
9. 10095.g.34(66)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 10095.g.34(66)
- Title:
- Tablets in the quarries at Kardassy. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
- Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards a doorway, surrounded by carved figures in niches on the wall: 'a very interesting part of the sandstone quarries of Kardassy where there is a little oratory for the workmen cut in the rock duri...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1859-1860
- Extent:
- 1 item
10. Maps 10.bb.9(48)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Maps 10.bb.9(48)
- Title:
- Carrières du plateau d'Avron. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: War Photography View of a tunnel in the quarry.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1871
- Extent:
- 1 item