Female extras relaxing on the set of Cleopatra , 1963
Tag: Egypt
Houdini, Buried Alive
King Tut’s Tomb, 1923
It was the tomb of King Tutankhamen, the successor of the famous Akhenaten and Smenkhkara, who were co-regents in Egypt from 1375 to 1358 B.C., that some of the greatest treasure and relics of antiquity ever unearthed were found. The New-found Tomb lies below that of Rameses VI and its discovery is a credit to the persistence and instinct of the men who have kept digging away at the mound for years after earlier explorers ceased their search, It will be interesting to learn what is in the unexplored portion of the tomb that lies beyond the second chamber. This was closely packed with the funeral paraphernalia of Tutankhamen.
Dual page map detail of King Tut’s tomb from the October 1923 issue of Popular Mechanics. The tomb was discovered one year prior.
Temple of Amun-ra
Domenica Del Corriere, May 6, 1962
Tourists at the Pyramids, 1914
Couple of postcards showing a group of tourists by the still mostly covered sphinx in 1914
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Melachrino Egyptian Cigarettes, 1914
The Mummy, 1999
30 years ago, the sands rose, the heavens parted, and the power was unleashed!
Great Temple of Ammon : Karnak
The largest religious building ever constructed. The temple of Karnak was known as Ipet-isu—or “most select of places”—by the ancient Egyptians. It is a city of temples built over 2,000 years and dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. (discoveringegypt.com)
A History Of Artchitecture On The Comprative Method by Sir Fletcher Banister
North Africa, Nov 9th. 1942
