Egypt Collection (#2)

GAFR2A-00021
Egyptians drawing Nile water with a shadoof, a counterbalanced device used since ancient times. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Nile River papyrus thickets
Papyrus growing along the Nile, original paper of the ancient Egyptians. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Women and a man-servant of Egypt, 1800s
Tambourine player, Muslim woman water-carrier, and an African servant, Egypt. Antique hand-colored print

Bedouin, Muslim woman, and a messenger in Egypt
Bedouin girl, Muslim woman selling fruit, and a messenger, Egypt. Antique hand-colored print

BUSN2A-00090
Scribes using the stylus and other means of writing in ancient times. Hand-colored woodcut

Crusaders sailing for the Holy Land
Crusaders setting sail for Jerusalem from Damietta in northern Egypt, 1200s. Hand-colored 19th-century engraving of an earlier illustration

Napoleon accepting the surrender of Cairo, 1798
Submission of the Mamelukes to Napoleon Bonaparte. Hand-colored engraving

EVNT2A-00045
Napoleon and the Sphinx at the time of the French invasion of Egypt, 1798. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century painting by Jean-Leon Gerome

HOUS2A-00095
Arab bakers at their bread oven in Cairo, Egypt, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Unwrapping an Egyptian mummy, Cairo, 1880s
British and Egyptian officials unwrapping an Egyptian mummy in the Boulak Museum, Cairo, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Joseph of Egypt, overseer of pharoahs granaries
Joseph of Egypt rises from slavery, to become a trusted official of pharoah. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

PSCI2A-00119
Coin-operated urn designed by Hero of ancient Alexandria, first century AD. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Heros steam engine
Steam-engine of Hero of Alexandria, first century AD. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

PSCI2A-00063
Ancient Greek aeolipile, or steam-engine, as designed by Hero of Alexandria. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of an illustration

PANC2A-00014
Pharaoh Ramses III. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

PANC2A-00040
Cleopatras barge on the Nile. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a painting by H. Picou

PANC2A-00042
Caesar Augustus finding Cleopatras body after she committed suicide. Hand-colored photogravure reproduction of a painting by Von Heckel

Ancient Egyptians besieging a fortress
Assaulting a fortification with testudo formation and scaling ladder, ancient Egypt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

PANC2A-00083
Persians hurling cats at Pelusiums defenders during Cambyses IIs conquest of Egypt, 525 BC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

PANC2A-00059
Alexander the Great laying out the city of Alexandria in ancient Egypt, 332 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

PANC2A-00065
Vercingetorix, chief of the Gauls, captured and brought before Caesar, 46 BC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Hebrew captives carrying bricks in ancient Egypt
Slaves carrying bricks for buildings in ancient Egypt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pharaoh and his attendants
Egyptian pharaoh with a court official and a fan-bearer. Antique hand-colored print

Egyptian Court of the Dead
Court of the Dead in ancient Egypt. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Egyptian Sphinx in the 19th-century
Ancient Egyptian Sphinx, shown in the 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Visitors inside the Pyramid of Gizeh, early 1800s
European visitors exploring chambers inside the Great Pyramid, early 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Map of the Mideast in ancient times
Map of the ancient Near East, birthplace of civilization. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Egyptian pyramids along the Nile
Pyramids at Gizeh on the banks of the Nile. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Lunch for visitors to an ancient Egyptian temple, 1800s
Tourists having lunch in the remains of an ancient Egyptian temple at Medinet, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

GAFR2A-00031
Market scene on the banks of the Nile River, Egypt, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

EVNT2A-00044
Napoleon Bonaparte at Cairo during his invasion of Egypt, 1798. Hand-colored engraving from the painting by Jean-Leon Gerome

Locust invasion of ancient Egypt
Plague of locusts in ancient Egypt, in the story of Moses. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

PANC2A-00038
Cleopatra receiving Marc Antony in ancient Egypt. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Building the Great Pyramid of Cheops
Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) supervising construction of the Great Pyramid. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Egyptian pharaoh in battle
Pharaoh in his chariot leading Egyptian soldiers in battle. Antique hand-colored print

HREC2A-00004
British tourists ascending the Great Pyramid in Egypt, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

GAFR2A-00013
British naval brigade using a Gatling gun to occupy Alexandria, Egypt, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

GAFR2A-00036
Egyptian couple buying a drink from a water-seller in Port-Said, Egypt. Antique hand-colored print, 19th century

GAFR2A-00038
Bedouin musician, African slave, and a Muslim woman in street dress, Cairo, 1800s. Antique hand-colored print

Stanleys African servant, 1880s
Sali, African servant of explorer Henry Stanley throughout the 1887-1889 expedition and in Cairo. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

GAFR2A-00002
Busy street vendors in Cairo. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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