Ancient Egyptian idol Osiris as an ox 82, Omar the Saracen burning the library of Ptolemy Soter in 642 83, and Napoleon’s troops bringing away the Tomb of Alexander 84. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylor’s Scenes in Africa for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, Harris and Son, London, 1820.

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