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[Three pyramids of Giza, Egypt, with village in foreground] – Antique Wall Art

[Three pyramids of Giza, Egypt, with village in foreground], [ca. 188-] — historic photograph
[Three pyramids of Giza, Egypt, with village in foreground], [ca. 188-]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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 [Three pyramids of Giza, Egypt, with village in foreground], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Three pyramids of Giza, Egypt, with village in foreground]

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Three pyramids rise above the desert edge at Giza, with a village crowding the ground in the foreground, a juxtaposition of ancient monument and everyday rural life. The photograph is attributed to A. Beato, most likely Antonio Beato, an Italian-born photographer who worked in Egypt and sold views of its monuments to the growing number of European and American travelers of the late 1800s. The date, given as the 1880s, comes from an old caption card and has not been independently verified. Images like this one helped shape Western ideas of Egypt, so it is worth noticing how the village and the pyramids share the same frame.

Created / published[ca. 188-]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsSepia photo by A. Beato. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Relig.--Temples; Egypt--P-; Egypt--Pyramids; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,101 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-131697

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