Landscapes


Landscapes, Seascapes, Cityscapes, etc.



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Santa Katarina Monastery with the                      
Sinai range in the background, Egypt.
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Santa Katarina Monastery with the Sinai range in the backg...

Santa Katarina Monastery with the                      
Sinai range in the background, Egypt.
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Santa Katarina Monastery with the Sinai range in the backg...

The "Burning Bush" outside the chapel of the Burning   
Bush, Monastery of Santa Katarina (15th), Sinai, Egypt.
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The "Burning Bush" outside the chapel of the Burning Bush, Monastery of Santa...

Steles, mostly from a 12th Dynasty (20th-18th BCE)     
temple of Hathor with proto-sinaitic inscriptions.     
The remains of the temple are on the site of           
turquoise mines exploited during the 18th Dynasty.
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Steles, mostly from a 12th Dynasty (20th-18th BCE) temple of Hathor with pr...

Temple of Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE) at Abu Simbel,     
on the shores of Lake Nasser. When the new high dam    
was built and the new lake flooded the banks of the    
Nile valley, the temple was relocated, under a UNESCO  
project, to a site 65 m higher and 210 m inland.
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Temple of Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE) at Abu Simbel, on the shores of Lake Na...

Colossal statue of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE)   
from the facade of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel.     
The four statues of the pharaoh are 20m tall.          
Sun-god Ra with sun-disk in a niche in the background.
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Colossal statue of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE) from the facade of the G...

Colossal statue of Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE),          
from the facade of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel.     
Statues of the pharaoh are 20 m tall. After the        
flooding of the new high dam, the temple was trans-    
ferred to a higher site under a UNESCO project in 1968.
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Colossal statue of Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE), from the facade of the G...

Two Cretan tribute-bearers.                            
Thebes, tomb of Menkheperrasonb, No.86                 
period of Tuthmosis III (1475-1448 BCE)                
Ancient Egyptian Paintings selected,copied & described 
by Nina M.Davies, plate XXII
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Two Cretan tribute-bearers. Thebes, tomb of Menkhepe...

Four Cretan tribute-bearers.                           
Thebes,tomb of Menkheperrasonb, No.86,                 
period of Tuthmosis III (1478-1448 BCE)                
Ancient Egyptian Paintings,selected,copied & described 
by Nina M.Davies; plate XXIII
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Four Cretan tribute-bearers. Thebes,tomb of Menkheper...

Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (1503-1452 BCE)    
in Deir-el-Bahri, West-Thebes. Osiride statue of       
Pharaoh Hatshepsut on the upper terrace.
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Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (1503-1452 BCE) in Deir-el-Bahri, West-T...

The two colossi of Memnon, both statues of Pharaoh     
Amenhotep III (1417-1379 BCE), placed in front of his  
mortuary temple. Sandstone, H: 21 m                    
During the Roman epoch they were taken for statues of  
Memnon, mythical son of Eos.
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The two colossi of Memnon, both statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III (1417-1379...

The two colossi of Memnon, both statues of Pharaoh     
Amenhotep III (1417-1379 BCE), placed in front of his  
mortuary temple. Sandstone, H: 21 m                    
During the Roman epoch they were taken for statues of  
Memnon, mythical son of Eos.
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The two colossi of Memnon, both statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III (1417-1379...