Phyloe. 1er pylône du Temple Isis (Égypte)

 

• Pylons and remains of Temple of Isis at Philae.
• Maison Bonfils (Beirut, Lebanon), photographer
• [between 1867 and 1899]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2004666837/
  

Karnak. Temple de Ramessés IV, deux Pylônes

 

• Propylon (triumphal arch) and pylons of the Temple of Ramses IV in Thebes.
• Maison Bonfils (Beirut, Lebanon), photographer
• [between 1867 and 1899]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2004667888/
  

Karnak. Pylône, côté nord

 

• North side view of a pylon adorned with bas-reliefs, Thebes.
• Maison Bonfils (Beirut, Lebanon), photographer
• [between 1867 and 1899]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2004667899/
  

Kairo, Temple du Sphinx

 

• Photoglob Co., publisher
• [Zürich] : [Photoglob Company], [ca. 1890-1910]
• Photochrom prints
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017656954/
  

The Meidum Geese

 

Some controversy that they may not be authentic. Ancient Egypt. 

https://www.livescience.com/50309-egyptian-mona-lisa-may-be-fake.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefermaat

Nefermaat's tomb is famous for the scene referred to as the "Meidum Geese" (now in the Egyptian Museum, JE 34571/ CG 1742). Discovered in 1871 by Auguste Mariette and Luigi Vassalli, the scene was executed in painted plaster. The painting was removed from the wall in order to be reassembled inside the Bulaq Museum. The full scene depicts six geese (greylag, greater white-fronted and red-breasted geese, none of which call modern Egypt home); three pointing to the left and three pointing to the right. Each group of three geese consists of one goose shown with head bowed down, eating, and two geese with heads held up. Each group of three animals represents many geese, as three represents the plural in Egyptian imagery. There are differences in the plumage of the birds that breaks the overall symmetry of the scene. This example of Egyptian painting is considered a masterpiece. A 2015 research paper by Francesco Tiradritti at the Kore University of Enna, published on LiveScience, suggested that the painting could be a nineteenth-century forgery, possibly made by Vassalli. Tiradritti's claims were promptly dismissed by Zahi Hawass and other Egyptian authorities

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/extinct-goose-egypt-mona-lisa-1947028 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/4600-year-old-egyptian-painting-may-show-extinct-goose-180977101/

Can O' History - T.E. Lawrence and Carchemish

Archaeology and intrigue.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anecdotes-from-the-archive/lawrence-in-arabia-from-archaeologist-to-spy-1914/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/sep/04/research.artsandhumanities

https://www.world-archaeology.com/features/jerablus-and-the-land-of-carchemish/

Leonard Woolley (left) and Lawrence in their excavation house at Carchemish, c. 1912.

http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/Carchemish.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carchemish

Zemi Face from Trunk Bay

Virgin Islands.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/petroglyphs-of-reef-bay.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%C3%ADno

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/what-became-of-the-taino-73824867/

William the Hippo

Egypt. Faience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Faience_Hippopotamus

https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/egyptian-art/william-100

In 1917, The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired a small ancient Egyptian faience hippopotamus. Created in a captivating blue, the little hippo quickly won people’s hearts. He received his now-famous nickname, William, in 1931. Today he is the informal mascot of the Museum, beloved by museum-goers around the world.