Entrance to the tombs of the kings of Thebes--Bab-el-Malouk / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Wall Art
![Entrance to the tombs of the kings of Thebes--Bab-el-Malouk / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c9/c93bd8daabf5-L.webp)
(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 Entrance to the tombs of the kings of Thebes--Bab-el-Malouk / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph 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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Entrance to the tombs of the kings of Thebes--Bab-el-Malouk / David Roberts, R.A.
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Bab-el-Malouk, the "Gate of the Kings," is the rock-cut entrance to the royal tombs of ancient Thebes, the necropolis on the west bank of the Nile opposite modern Luxor. David Roberts, the Scottish painter, sketched the monuments during his travels in Egypt in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe turned those drawings into this color lithograph for *Egypt and Nubia*, published in London in the late 1840s. Roberts's views gave European readers of the period a vivid picture of ancient Egypt at a time when its monuments were only beginning to be studied in a systematic way.
| Created / published | [published between 1846 and 1849] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt. 34. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,453 × 1,186 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217950 |
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