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Description: | Black and white portrait photograph entitled 'Karnak salle hypostyle' [Karnak: Hypostyle Hall] showing part of the forest of colossal papyrus columns with closed capitals of the Great Hypostyle Hall at the Temple of Amun at Karnak.The photograph details the decoration covering the columns and architrave. An Egyptian man can be seen seated on a pile of ruins in the centre background of the photograph. He serves to illustrate the sheer scale of the colossal columns. Taken by the Zangaki brothers. No 985. Egypt later 19th century
Black and white portrait photograph entitled 'Karnak salle hypostyle' [Karnak: Hypostyle Hall] showing part of the forest of colossal papyrus columns with closed capitals of the Great Hypostyle Hall at the Temple of Amun at Karnak.The photograph details the decoration covering the columns and architrave. An Egyptian man can be seen seated on a pile of ruins in the centre background of the photograph. He serves to illustrate the sheer scale of the colossal columns. Taken by the Zangaki brothers. No 985. Egypt later 19th century. | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.555720 | Go to resource |
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