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| Keywords: The Pyramids by Boston Public Library.jpg Scrapbook page with three photographs showing Cairo the Sphinx and the Pyramids Subjects Egypt travel photography Al-Qāhirah Jīzah Ahrāmāt al- pyramids tombs Abū al-Hawl Pyramids--Egypt--Al-Qāhirah Page size 33 x 38 1 cm Annotations The Pyramids within the precincts of the Necropolis of Memphis are quite numerous and are scattered over a plateau of twenty five miles long They are divided into five different groups of which the three great Pyramids near Gizeh are the best known and most important These date from about IV Dynasty which began Mariette 4 235 Lepsius 3 124 Wilkinson 2 450 It is not probably known how early the Egyptians began to build Pyramids in obedience with the doctrine of immortality of the soul which made necessary the preservation of its earthly tabernacle Pyramid building continued down to the Middle Monarchy Diospolites M 2851 L 2380 W 2080 After that the Egyptians seemed to have preferred to mausolea above ground mortuary temples rock tombs The Pyramids were opened and plundered by the Persians B C 525 by the Arabs and by the Romans They were used in reign of Saladin A D 1169 and successors as quarry for material to build Cairo A Mahommedan prophet advised Mahommed Ali to destroy with gunpowder the Pyramids and he would probably have done so but was dissuaded by European advisers who were represented that the explosions would damage Cairo Among modern explorers of Pyramids may be mentioned Nicholas Shaw 1721 Pococke 1743 Niebuhr 1761 Davison 1763 Savants of Bonaparte 1799-1801 Belzoni 1817 Sir Gardner Wilkinson Col Howard Vyse Lepsius Mariette Language English photograph has French title Rights No known restrictions Coverage Egypt Notes Title supplied by cataloger derived from captions or annotated information Format Scrapbooks Technique Photographs Albumen prints BPL Department Print Department Photo 1 Photographer faded probably L Fiorillo Phot Title 306 Caire Le Sphinx Date ca 1906-1909 Location on page Left Photo 2 Photographer L Fiorillo Phot Title 228 Caire Plateaux des Pyramides Date ca 1960-1909 Location on page Center Photo 3 Photographer unlabeled probably L Fiorillo Phot Date Late 19th Century Location on page Right Flickr data on 2011-08-03 Camera Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW Sinar m License CC BY 2 0 User Boston Public Library BPL Flickr http //flickr com/photos/24029425 N06/2469127528 The Pyramids December 21 1892 March 8 1893 Flickr upload date 2008-05-01 17 10 10 William Vaughn Tupper Flickr uploader http //www flickr com/people/24029425 N06 BPL User Flickr upload bot/upload 14 43 3 August 2011 UTC Fæ CC BY 2 0 PD-old-100 Historical images of Giza 1890s Historical images of the Great Sphinx 1890s Historical images of Great Pyramid 1890s Tupper Scrapbooks volume 26 Lower Egypt Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script Luigi Fiorillo | ||||
