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Image Not Available for (87) Ninety-two foot obelisk still lying in the Assuan granite quarry at the first cataract, Egypt.
(87) Ninety-two foot obelisk still lying in the Assuan granite quarry at the first cataract, Egypt.
Image Not Available for (87) Ninety-two foot obelisk still lying in the Assuan granite quarry at the first cataract, Egypt.

(87) Ninety-two foot obelisk still lying in the Assuan granite quarry at the first cataract, Egypt.

Publisher
Date1904
ClassificationPhotographs
Provenancewith Henry Charles Shays (died 2006) and Rona Shays; with Rona Shays; gift to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (2016).
Credit LineGift of Rona Shays in Memory of Henry "Charlie" Shays, 2016
Object numberSN11549.6815
On View
Not on view
Dimensions3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
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(91)-2608-The great Assuan Dam, N.W. from the first pylon of the Philae Temple, Egypt.
Underwood & Underwood
1904
Image Not Available for (86)-2603-The Nilometer (measurer of inundations), on island at first cataract, Egypt.
(86)-2603-The Nilometer (measurer of inundations), on island at first cataract, Egypt.
Underwood & Underwood
mid 19th-early 20th Century
Image Not Available for (98) Second cataract of the Nile from the S. W., the first obstruction to navigation form 1000 miles--Egypt.
(98) Second cataract of the Nile from the S. W., the first obstruction to navigation form 1000 miles--Egypt.
Underwood & Underwood
1904
Image Not Available for W.N.W.-- Down Colorado River from foot of Grand View Trail, (1200 feet cut through solid granite).
W.N.W.-- Down Colorado River from foot of Grand View Trail, (1200 feet cut through solid granite).
Underwood & Underwood
1908
Image Not Available for (84)-2601-Assuan and the Island of Elephantine (S), from the western cliffs of the cemetery--Egypt.
(84)-2601-Assuan and the Island of Elephantine (S), from the western cliffs of the cemetery--Egypt.
Underwood & Underwood
1904
Image Not Available for (85)-2602-Tomb of Hir Khuf, a frontier lord of 4500 years ago, Assuan, Egypt.
(85)-2602-Tomb of Hir Khuf, a frontier lord of 4500 years ago, Assuan, Egypt.
Underwood & Underwood
after 1905
Image Not Available for (30)-2547- Quarry chambers of Masara, whence came the blocks for the Pyramids, Egypt.
(30)-2547- Quarry chambers of Masara, whence came the blocks for the Pyramids, Egypt.
Underwood & Underwood
mid 19th-early 20th Century
Image Not Available for (60)-2577- The tallest obelisk in Egypt, erected by Queen Makere (N,), Thebes, Egypt.
(60)-2577- The tallest obelisk in Egypt, erected by Queen Makere (N,), Thebes, Egypt.
Underwood & Underwood
mid 19th-early 20th Century
Image Not Available for (26)-2543- Ruins of the Granite Temple, the Sphinx and Great Pyramid (N.W.), Egypt.
(26)-2543- Ruins of the Granite Temple, the Sphinx and Great Pyramid (N.W.), Egypt.
Underwood & Underwood
mid 19th-early 20th Century
Image Not Available for (31) - 2548 - The sole susrvivor of a great city, the obelisk of Heliopolis, (S.), Egypt.
(31) - 2548 - The sole susrvivor of a great city, the obelisk of Heliopolis, (S.), Egypt.
Underwood & Underwood
mid 19th-early 20th Century
Image Not Available for (51) - 2568 - The obelisk of Ramses II., and front of the Luxor Temple (view to S. W.), Thebes, Egypt.
(51) - 2568 - The obelisk of Ramses II., and front of the Luxor Temple (view to S. W.), Thebes, Egypt.
Underwood & Underwood
mid 19th-early 20th Century
Image Not Available for (88)-2605-Remarkable inscription of a seven years' famine, at Sehel (1st cataract), Egypt.
(88)-2605-Remarkable inscription of a seven years' famine, at Sehel (1st cataract), Egypt.
Underwood & Underwood
after 1905
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