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English: BPLDC no.: 08_04_000024
Page Title: Pyramid – Sphinx – Granite Temple Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection Album: Volume 26: Lower Egypt. Pyramids. Call no. 4098B.104 v26 (p. 23) Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn Description: Scrapbook page with an annotated photograph showing an Egyptian pyramid, sphinx, and the granite temple. Also included is a drawing of a dog-headed ape that is sacred to the god of the moon, Toth. Subjects: Egypt travel photography Page size: 33 x 38.1 cm Annotations: This Granite Temple was discovered by Mariette in 1853. The date and object of the temple is not definitely known. Mariette found in it nine statues of Gephren which would seem to indicate that he built it as a place of assembly for the worshippers of his [manes?]. If so it is the only temple of the time of primeval monarchy- the architecture is of the simplest possible form. Several dog headed apes were found in the sand. Dog headed ape are sacred to Toth. The God of the moon. Dispenser of time weigher of souls in infernal regions. The Dog headed ape and Ibis are sacred to him. Language: English, photograph has French title Rights: No known restrictions. Coverage: Egypt Notes: Title supplied by cataloger, derived from captions or annotated information. Format: Scrapbooks Technique: Photographs, Albumen prints BPL Department: Print Department Photo 1: Photographer: G. Lékégian & Cie. Title: No. 9 (Ghizeh) Pyramide, Sphinx & temple Caption: Pyramid – Sphinx – granite temple Date: ca. 1865-1895 |
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