Karnak, Les Pylônes d'Horus, 1860s. Henri Béchard (French). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 26 x cm (10 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.). This desolate view of the remnants of the monumental gateway flanked by figures of the god Horus, usually depicted as a falcon-headed man, emphasizes the sense of discovery that must have been felt by tourists visiting Egypt in the 1860s. A tiny figure at the lower right testifies to the monumental scale of the ruins.

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Size: 3400px × 2400px
Photo credit: © CMA/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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