Lantern slides created in Egypt under its British colonial occupation in the late 19th or early 20th century. Image subjects include archaeological digs and archaeological sites as well as Cairo mosques. These lantern slides were intended for use in architectural pedagogy. Some images include people and fashions of the time.
Architectural Lantern Slides of Egypt
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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Minaret, possibly one of the two minarets of the mosque, which was completed around 1318, built by Sultan Nasir Mohammed ibn Kalaoun.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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Funeary Temple of Ramses II, erected on the west bank of the NIle River at Thebes. Walls are decorated with reliefs.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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Obelisk in Heliopolis, oldest obelisk among those standing worldwide.Erected by Senusret I (Middle Kingdom the 12th Dynasty, Reigned 20 Century BC). the inscriptions on the 4 sides are the same.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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Typical of the many Mamluk tombs or mausoleums with a dome, fenestration with a pattern of one round light over two arched panels, and a concave-convex molding of the upper corners.
Under the rule of the later Mamluk sequence of sultans, the development of Cairo depended largely on Salah al-Din’s (Ayyubid, reigned 1171-1193) foundation of the citadel on a hill between al-Qahira and Fustat. The role of the citadel as army headquarters, barracks and residence of the rulers led to the urban…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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The elaborate interior decoration includes marble revetment, carved, painted, and gilded wood, carved marble, and stucco.
The complex of the Mamluk sultan Qala'un (reigned 1280-1290) was built in 1284-1285 on the site of the former Fatimid palace. It comprises a hospital (maristan), madrasa, mausoleum and minaret. The hospital incorporated some of the old palace. The madrasa has an unusual four-iwan plan with two vestigial iwans on the sides; it anticipates those popular for madrasas in …
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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Shows the confluence of Syrian (Crusader Gothic and Islamic) influences. A wooden Mashrabiya window is visible on the building to the left.
The complex of the Mamluk sultan Qala'un (reigned 1280-1290) was built in 1284-1285 on the site of the former Fatimid palace. It comprises a hospital (maristan), madrasa, mausoleum and minaret. The hospital incorporated some of the old palace. The madrasa has an unusual four-iwan plan with two vestigial iwans on the sides; it anticipates those popula…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
- Record Visibility:
- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
- Description:
View dates before High Aswan dam and removal of site (1972-1980). Shows seasonal flooding.
The Pavilion of Trajan (also Kiosk of Trajan) is a rectangular building that has fourteen columns with beautifully carved floral capitals that once supported a wooden roof. Only two of the screen walls between the columns are completed. They show the Emperor Trajan burning incense before Isis and Osiris and offering wine to Isis and Horus. The Kiosk is often ascribed to Trajan, but might well have been…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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View dates before High Aswan dam and removal of site (1972-1980). Shows site during dry season.
The Pavilion of Trajan (also Kiosk of Trajan) is a rectangular building that has fourteen columns with beautifully carved floral capitals that once supported a wooden roof. Only two of the screen walls between the columns are completed. They show the Emperor Trajan burning incense before Isis and Osiris and offering wine to Isis and Horus. The Kiosk is often ascribed to Trajan, but might well have…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
- Record Visibility:
- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
- Description:
View dates before High Aswan dam and removal of site (1972-1980).
Philae was an island situated immediately south of Aswan in Upper Egypt, which was the original location of an ancient temple of the goddess Isis, surrounded by associated cult buildings. The earliest surviving parts of the temple date from the reign of Nectanebo I (reigned 380-362 BCE), and it was subsequently extended and enlarged until the 2nd century CE. Between 1972 and 1980, in an internationally financed rescue operatio…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
- Description:
Worker with oxen yoked to a scoop, removing sand.
Luxor [now al-Uqsr] is the site of a temple dedicated to the god Amun, on the east bank of the Nile, 3 km south of Karnak. It was constructed and decorated primarily during the reigns of Amenophis III [Amenhotep III] and Ramesses II Ramses II. The earliest remains at the site date to the time of Hatshepsut, who built six way-stations for the bark of Amon-Re along the processional avenue bordered by sphinxes t…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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Luxor [now al-Uqsr] is the site of a temple dedicated to the god Amun, on the east bank of the Nile, 3 km south of Karnak. It was constructed and decorated primarily during the reigns of Amenophis III [Amenhotep III] and Ramesses II Ramses II. The earliest remains at the site date to the time of Hatshepsut, who built six way-stations for the bark of Amon-Re along the processional avenue bordered by sphinxes that connects Luxor and Karnak. The stone blocks of …
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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Site of ruins dating from the Early New Kingdom (ca. 1500 BCE) through the Coptic Period (700-800 CE), including the Temple of Amun. Located at the southern end of the Theban necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile. More specifically Medinet Habu is the name commonly given to the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III (known as the “Great Temple” of the site.) The temple itself is the best preserved of its kind in Thebes and exemplifies many of the classic features of a royal mortuary tem…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
- Record Visibility:
- Public