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BPLDC no.: 08_04_000015

Page Title: Distant View of Pyramids

Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection

Album: Volume 26: Lower Egypt. Pyramids.

Call no. 4098B.104 v26 (p. 14)

Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn

Description: Scrapbook page with one photograph showing the Egyptian Pyramids during flood, annotated with information about the pyramids.

Subjects: Egypt travel photography pyramids (tombs) Jīzah, Ahrāmāt al- Pyramids--Egypt--Al-Qāhirah

Page size: 33 x 38.1 cm

Annotations: Inside each Pyramid, usually low down was a sepulchral chamber for the body of the king– Each king began to build his pyramid when he ascended the throne. He began to build on a small scale in order that it should be completed during his reign and he continued enlarging it by adding outer layers of stone. If the work on each had been equal, the age of the Pyramids could be told by their size, like incrustations on the bark of a tree. In regard to inscriptions not a single trace is found on the pyramids or in fragments near them, although the travelers' “graffiti” have been found. Over.

Language: English, photograph has French title

Rights: No known restrictions.

Coverage: Egypt

Notes: Title supplied by cataloger, derived from captions or annotated information.

Format: Scrapbooks

Technique: Photographs, Albumen prints

BPL Department: Print Department

Photo 1: Photographer: G. Lékégian & Cie.

Title: Vue lointaine des Pyramides, No. 1

Caption: Distant view of Pyramids, during inundation

Date: ca. 1865-1895

Flickr data on 2011-08-03:

• Camera: Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW, Sinar m
• License: CC BY 2.0
• User: Boston Public Library BPL