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BPLDC no.: 08_04_000020

Page Title: The Ascent of the Great Pyramid

Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection

Album: Volume 26: Lower Egypt. Pyramids.

Call no. 4098B.104 v26 (p. 19)

Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn

Description: Scrapbook page containing one photograph of people climbing up the side of the Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt, annotated with information about the process of climbing and the view from the top.

Subjects: Egypt travel photography pyramids (tombs) Jīzah, Ahrāmāt al-

Page size: 33 x 38.1 cm

Annotations: Two Bedouins are necessary and three are desirable for each person who climbs the Pyramid. The accompany pictures give some idea of the size of the blocks and the difficulty of surmounting them. At the top is a space about 30 feet square. The view is unique. In one direction are barren cliffs in another yellowish brown and glaring tracts of sand. Below is the Sphinx and the other two Pyramids, farther away the Pyramids of Abusîr- Sakkâra and Dashur- Towards the east are the east are the long avenues of lebbek trees, the river Nile with luxuriant vegetation along its banks, fields intersected with canals bordered by stately palms shadowing fellah villages and far away Cairo with glittering mosques and minarets.

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: Sébah, J. Pascal

Title: 229 Pyramide Chèops: Ascension

Caption: The Ascent of the Great Pyramid

Date: ca. 1860-1890


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  • License: CC BY 2.0
  • User: Boston Public Library BPL
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December 21, 1892—March 8, 1893

  • Flickr upload date: 2008-05-01 17:11:03
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William Vaughn Tupper

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