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'Remarkable inscription of a Seven Year Famine on an island in the Nile, Egypt', 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
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Title:
'Remarkable inscription of a Seven Year Famine on an island in the Nile, Egypt', 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Caption:
'Remarkable inscription of a Seven Year Famine on an island in the Nile, Egypt', 1905. 'The rocks on these islands are covered with inscriptions. They form the most ancient and most interesting visitor's book in the world. Century after century and dynasty after dynasty from 2600 BC onward through Roman times, kings and nobles, scribes and officers have left their record here.' Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted.
Credit:
Album / The Print Collector / Heritage Images
Releases:
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Image size:
4095 x 4309 px | 50.5 MB
Print size:
34.7 x 36.5 cm | 13.7 x 14.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1900S • 1990S • 20TH CENTURY • 90S • AFRICA • AFRICAN CONTINENT • AFRICAN • ANCIENT EGYPT • ANCIENT EGYPTIAN • ARAB • ARCHITECTURE: CORBEL • ARCHITECTURE: KEYSTONE • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BOSS (RIB VAULT) • BOULDER • BOY • BOYS • BREASTED • CENTURY • CORBEL • COUNTRY • DELTA, NILE • DIRECT GAZE • EGYPT THROUGH THE STEREOSCOPE • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN • FAMINE • GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE • GEOGRAPHY • HIEROGLYPHIC • HIEROGLYPHICS • INSCRIPTION • ISLAND • JAMES HENRY BREASTED • JAMES HENRY • KEYSTONE (ARCH) • KEYSTONE • LOCATION • MALE • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NILE DELTA • NILE RIVER • NILE VALLEY • NILE • NILE, THE • NINETIES • NINETIES, THE • NINETY DECADE • PENDANT (PE • PEOPLE • PRINT • RIVER NILE • RIVER • ROCK • ROCKS • STEREOSCOPIC CARD • STEREOSCOPIC Y • STEREOSCOPIC • UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD • VALLEY • WRITING
