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Call Number:

PH-02527

Collection Name:

Thebes and its Five Greater Temples

Creator:

Abney, William de Wiveleslie, Sir (1843 - 1920)

No. of Items:

40 items

Span Dates:

1876

Description:

Photographically illustrated book by Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney, entitled Thebes and Its Five Greater Temples (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876), containing forty woodburytypes. Captions follow.

2006:0012:0001 -- A Sunset at Thebes;
2006:0012:0002 -- The Colossi of the Plain;
2006:0012:0003 -- Exterior of the Small Temple, Medinet Haboo;
2006:0012:0004 -- Gateway of the Small Temple;
2006:0012:0005 -- Interior of the Small Temple;
2006:0012:0006 -- The King’s Palace;
2006:0012:0007 -- Second Pylon of the Great Temple;
2006:0012:0008 -- Osiride Columns in the First Court of the Great Temple;
2006:0012:0009 -- Second, or Grand Court of the Great Temple;
2006:0012:0010 -- Northern Corridor of the Grand Court;
2006:0012:0011 -- East End of the Northern Corridor of the Grand Court;
2006:0012:0012 -- Remains of the Hypostyle Hall;
2006:0012:0013 -- Side Chamber from the Hypostyle Hall;
2006:0012:0014 -- General View of the Temple from the North;
2006:0012:0015 -- The Temple from the South;
2006:0012:0016 -- Southern Colonnade of the Second Court and the Fallen Colossus;
2006:0012:0017 -- View of North-West End of the Inner Court;
2006:0012:0018 -- The Great Hall, Memnonium;
2006:0012:0019 -- The Temple from the North;
2006:0012:0020 -- Tombs of Sheykh Abd-el-koorneh;
2006:0012:0021 -- The Facade Goorneh Temple;
2006:0012:0022 -- Interior View of the Temple of Goorneh;
2006:0012:0023 -- Luxor from the River;
2006:0012:0024 -- The Grand Colonnade;
2006:0012:0025 -- Grand Court;
2006:0012:0026 -- Obelisk and Pylon;
2006:0012:0027 -- The Modern Village, Near Karnak;
2006:0012:0028 -- Gateway of Ptolemy Euergetes;
2006:0012:0029 -- Interior of the Small Temple, Karnak;
2006:0012:0030 -- First Area of the Great Temple, Karnak;
2006:0012:0031 -- Northern Corridor of the Grand Area;
2006:0012:0032 -- The Grand Hall, Karnak;
2006:0012:0033 -- Smaller Court with the Obelisk of Thothmes;
2006:0012:0034 -- The Sanctuary;
2006:0012:0035 -- The Sanctuary and Grand Hall from the South-East;
2006:0012:0036 -- A Pylon, with Colossi;
2006:0012:0037 -- Edifice of Thothmes III;
2006:0012:0038 -- Small Temple to the East;
2006:0012:0039 -- Karnak from the South-East;
2006:0012:0040 -- View of the Great Temple from the North-West.

Accession No(s):

2006:0012:0001-0040

Location(s):

q DT 73 T3 A263 1876 HRC-P (2006:0012:0001-0040)
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