Thèbes. Deir-el-Bahari. Photographer: Banville, Aymard Athanase de
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Close view of a section of wall at Deir el-Bahri, with a bas-relief showing ships returning to Egypt after an expedition against Arabia during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut, daughter of Thutmose I. This relief is presumaby in the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri.
Abydos. Grand Temple, bas-relief du temps de Séti I. Photographer: Banville, Aymard Athanase de
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Close view of a section of wall, showing hieroglyphic inscriptions and bas-reliefs in the Temple of Sety I at Abydos, representing Sety I paying homage to Osiris.
Abydos. Grand Temple, bas-relief du temps de Séti I. Photographer: Banville, Aymard Athanase de
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Close view of section of bas-relief in the Temple of Sety I, showing Sety I kneeling in front of Horus. The desription of this photograph notes that the relief still displays the original colouring.
Abydos. Grand Temple, profil du Roi Séti I. Photographer: Banville, Aymard Athanase de
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Close view of section of wall in the Temple of Sety I, with a bas-relief of Sety I, holding a censer. For a more general view of the figure, see print 85.
Abydos. Grand Temple, bas-relief du temps de Séti I. Photographer: Banville, Aymard Athanase de
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View of a section of wall in the Temple of Sety I, showing the king (seen in closer view in print 84), approaching the seated figure of the god Osiris.
San [San el Hagar]. Panorama des ruines. Photographer: Banville, Aymard Athanase de
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Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking towards the ruins, with Egyptian labourers engaged in the excavations posed right of centre. The site was extensively excavated by Auguste Mariette from 1859. 'La vue s'étend depuis le fond du sanctuaire, sur la droite, jusqu'aux obélisques, ...
San [San el Hagar]. Vue des fouilles. Photographer: Banville, Aymard Athanase de
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View of the excavation site, with a large group of labourers posed with their baskets on the hillside behind the main site. In the foreground a European figure can be seen writing in a notebook: this may be Mariette himself. Numerous statues lie half-buried in the foreground: 'La plupart des sta...
Art antique. Sakkarah, décoration architecturale d'un tombeau. Photographer: Banville, Aymard Athanase de
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View showing the excavated entrance to a tomb at Saqqara, decorated with bas-reliefs: 'Ce morceau, très-bien conservé, est un modèle parfait d'une décoration conçue dans le style égyptien primitif, qui n'admettait pas d'autre dessin que l'agencement des plans et des lignes droites; le seul motif...