Sujet

'Avenue of sacred images after excavation, Karnak, Thebes, Egypt', c1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Légende

'Avenue of sacred images after excavation, Karnak, Thebes, Egypt', 1905. 'It was Ramses II who erected this splendid avenue of sphinxes, or really of rams, though they are often called sphinxes. The row on the right is in an unusually good state of preservation, and you observe the statues of the king standing between the protecting forepaws of each ram. The ram was the sacred animal of Amon, the great god of Thebes, hence its use as the exclusive figure in the sculpture along these Theban avenues, thus expressing in an oft-repeated symbol - the god's protection of the king.' Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1905

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C40_463

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,3Mo (2,7Mo) / 34,1cm x 36,9cm / 4028 x 4361 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal route contact religieux rue protection pays religion statue moutons ruelle Égyptien protégé avenue excavation sacré déité Dieu endroit siècle Luxor Karnak protégez photographie copie Sphinx concept RAM excavations B&W déesse MONOCHROME noir et blanc noir et blanc B W Égyptien de l'Antiquité les années 1900 20e siècle Amon Égypte antique Thebes The Print Collector blessed Egypt Through the Stereoscope photographie stereoscopic card James Henry Underwood & Underwood Keystone James Henry Breasted Breasted photographie