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Description: | Black and white photograph entitled 'Luksor Grande Colonnade prise de profil' [Luxor: profile view of the Great Colonnade] showing the colonnade of Amenhotep III, with seven pairs of open-flower papyrus columns. The Mosque (added in the 13th century) of Abu'l Haggag can be seen in the background at the right-hand side of the photograph. Through the centre of the colonnade of Amenhotep III a view of the Great First Pylon of Rameses II can be seen. In the foreground stand two Egyptian men, who serve to illustrate the colossal scale of the columns. There is a railway line running through the middle of the colonnade. Taken by the Zangaki brothers. No 976. Egypt, later 19th century.
Black and white photograph entitled 'Luksor Grande Colonnade prise de profil' [Luxor: profile view of the Great Colonnade] showing the processional colonnade of Amenhotep III, with seven pairs of open-flower papyrus columns. The Mosque (added in the 13th century) of Abu'l Haggag can be seen in the background at the right-hand side of the photograph. Through the centre of the colonnade of Amenhotep III a view of the First Pylon of Ramesses II can be seen. In the foreground stand two Egyptian men, who serve to illustrate the colossal scale of the columns. There is a railway line running through the middle of the colonnade. Taken by the Zangaki brothers. No 976. Egypt, later 19th century. | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.550976 | Go to resource |
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