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Egypt: the "statues of Memnon". Colour lithograph by G.W. Seitz, ca. 1878, after Carl Werner, 1871.

The Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt: two statues in ruins. Photograph (by Jean or Pascal Sébah?).

Luxor, Egypt: the pylon of Luxor and a granite obelisk. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Luxor, Egypt: the Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu: standing colossi in the First Court. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Luxor, Egypt: the Ramesseum (Temple of Ramesses II): four colossi in ruins. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: the Avenue of Rams leading to the propylon of Ptolemy III Eurgetes I; people wearing robes walking on the avenue. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Egypt (Luxor?): a colonnade; a man with a camel in the foreground. Photograph by A. Beato, ca. 1870.

Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: the Temple of Khons: a colonnade. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: a courtyard with two obelisks. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

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Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: the Temple of Khons: a colonnade. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: the Avenue of Rams leading to the propylon of Ptolemy III Eurgetes I; people wearing robes walking on the avenue. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Luxor, Egypt: the pylon of Luxor and a granite obelisk. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Egypt: the "statues of Memnon". Colour lithograph by G.W. Seitz, ca. 1878, after Carl Werner, 1871.

The Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt: two statues in ruins. Photograph (by Jean or Pascal Sébah?).