Thebes--West-view of the dromos and propylons of the Temple of Karnak (restored) / Cosack & Company, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A. – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Thebes--West-view of the dromos and propylons of the Temple of Karnak (restored) / Cosack & Company, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Thebes--West-view of the dromos and propylons of the Temple of Karnak (restored) / Cosack & Company, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.
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Looking west down the dromos, this color lithograph shows the restored approach to the pylons of the Temple of Amun at Karnak, near Thebes in Upper Egypt. The temple complex grew over many centuries, and its towering gateways and avenue of sphinxes made it one of the most celebrated religious sites of the ancient world. Cosack & Company of Buffalo, New York, produced the print around 1887 as plate 34 for Samuel August Binion's *Ancient Egypt or Mizraim*, and its reconstructed view reflects how late nineteenth-century Americans imagined pharaonic architecture.
| Created / published | c1887. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Ancient Egypt or Mizraim / Samuel August Binion. New York : American Polytechnic Company, v. 1, pl. 34. |
| Subjects | Temple of Amon (Karnak, Egypt) Antiquities--Egypt. Temples--Egypt--Karnak. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,460 × 1,160 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216224 |
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