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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Unknown
Title:Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amun, Karnak
Date Made:mid 19th - early 20th century
Type:Photograph
Materials:Albumen print
Place Made:Africa; Asia; Egypt
Measurements:Mount: 17 in x 14 in; 43.2 cm x 35.6 cm; Sheet/Image: 10 1/8 in x 7 3/4 in; 25.7 cm x 19.7 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1995.6.22
Credit Line:Gift of William and Sylvia Durfee
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Black and white image of an aisle between two rows of thick, round, hieroglyph-covered columns. At the end of the colonade, an obelisk is visible. In the middle of the columns, on the left, are two figures, one standing and one crouching. The standing man looks towards a donkey or mule, that walks towards the viewer on the right side of the aisle.

Tags:
ancient

Subjects:
Civilization, Ancient; Photography--Printing processes--Albumen

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