Title

The Pyramids and Sphinx', 1890.

Caption

'The Pyramids and Sphinx', 1890. Giza Pyramid complex, built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom and the Great Sphinx believed to have been built by during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafre (c2558-2532 BC). From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F21_458

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

60,8Mo (3,7Mo) / 46,1cm x 33,0cm / 5448 x 3898 (300dpi)

Keywords

engraving weather travel cloud clouds Africa animal animals landmark architecture arts limestone country desert SAHARA Sahara Desert Egypt statue statues art book geography Egyptian dramatic ancient Giza pyramid camel camels location century architectural destination literature Sphinx concept B&W tourist attraction mythical MONOCHROME Great Sphinx world heritage site gizeh 19th century black & white black and white B W UNESCO Ancient Egyptian 4th Dynasty Ancient Egypt nineteenth century Old Kingdom Western Desert Pyramid of Khafre history historic tourism The Print Collector 26th century BC geographical feature Pyramids of Giza Pyramids of Gizeh TGN The Great Sphinx illustration engraving Unknown Khafre Chephren Khephren King Khafre Cassells Edmund Co Cassell & Co Edmund Ollier Ollier Cassell and Company Ltd Cassell & Company Mizraim Pharaoh Khafre Cassell & Giza Pyramids Cassell's Illustrated Universal History Early and Greek History