'The Ramesseum, the temple of Ramses II, at Thebes, Egypt', : Underwood & Underwood


'The Ramesseum, the temple of Ramses II, at Thebes, Egypt', 1905. 'The Pharaohs of the New Kingdom no longer built pyramids, but hewed out vast tombs in a valley behind yonder cliff, and here, to the east of those cliff tombs are the royal mortuary temples.' Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted.


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Location: World,Africa,Egypt,World,Africa
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
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