Matruh (governate)
Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:
[Pyramids of Giza], 1927 - 1928
65 x 110 mm. A view looking over the river Nile towards the Pyramids.
Pyramids of Giza, 23.2.20, 1920-02-23
65 x 110 mm. An aerial view of the Pyramids. The wing of the aeroplane is visible.
Pyramids, view from Kafra [? Pyramid built by Khafre (Chephren)], 1890 - 1899
Approximately 220 x 160 mm. Probably taken from the pyramid built by the Egyptian King Khafre (Chephren). Photographer unknown.
Rock tombs and Belzoni's Pyramid, Gizeh [Giza], 1857
230 x 156 mm. A view showing the entrance to a rock tomb in the foreground with a European and two Arabs encamped beside the cave. In the background stands Belzoni's pyramid, the second largest of the pyramids of Gizeh which was entered by Belzoni in 1816.
[Ruins], 1927 - 1928
90 x 60 mm.
Sphinx, 1920
125 x 80 mm.
[Sphinx], 1927 - 1928
230 x 170 mm. Aerial view.
[Sphinx], 1927 - 1928
60 x 90 mm.
[Sphinx at Gaza], 1880 - 1889
277 x 219 mm. A side view of the Sphinx at Giza with a pyramid in the background. Photograph probably by Georgiladakis.
Sphinx. F. and Maj. Brackley, 1920-03
67 x 44 mm. Frederick Tymms, Brackley and others before the Sphinx.
Sphynx and Great Pyramid, Mar 1921, 1921-03
85 x 60 mm.
Step pyramid at Sakkarah [i.e. Saqqâra], 1890 - 1899
Approximately 220 x 160 mm. Photographer unknown.
[The Pyramids]
[The Pyramids of Giza], 1927 - 1928
210 x 150 mm. Aerial view.
[The Pyramids of Giza], 1927 - 1928
230 x 170 mm. Aerial view.
[The Sphinx]
The Sphynx and Great Pyramid, Gezeh [i.e. Giza], 1857
229 x 157 mm. A composition showing a profile of the Sphinx's head in the foreground with the pyramid beyond, and figures at the foot of the Spinx. According to Frith: 'The profile, as given in my view, is truly hideous'. This viewpoint occurs again and again in photographs of Gizeh pyramids, but it is interesting in that, when compared with a modern photograph of the same scene, it shows the degree of excavation that has been carried out in the area of the Sphinx.
Threshing wheat on an Egyptian farm, 1921
241 x 192 mm. A view showing two Egyptians threshing a pile of wheat with ox-drawn wooden machinery. The Great Pyramid stands in the background.
[Unidentified group], 1927 - 1928
85 x 60 mm. Showing three women and a young girl sat in the grass before their automobile. Location unidentified, but presumably Saqqara.
View from the Great Pyramid, 1921
241 x 193 mm. A view from the top of the Great Pyramid of Cheops looking south-west towards the second and third pyramids (the Khefren and Menkewre pyramids), with the Libyan desert in the background.
Village Arabe et pyramide, 1880 - 1889
278 x 216 mm. A view looking across part of the Nile towards an Arab settlement with a pyramid in the left background. Photograph by Georgiladakis.
Village et pyramides, 1880 - 1889
278 x 220 mm. A view looking across part of the Nile towards an Arab settlement with a pyramid in the left background. Photograph by Georgiladakis.