Art and antiquities (4900 Subjects)
Coins from Laconia, which according to the author date from antiquity. Based on their typology, however, it is evident that they come from a later period than the authors claim. The figure on the coin at the right is probably Lysandros, the General of Sparta (fifth century BCE).
Roman inscription from Teos, ancient city on the shores of Asia Minor.
Persian mausoleum in Çehel-minar, close to Şiraz (Iran).
Antiquities from Pergamon together with a colossal carved statue from Mount Sipylus, close to Manisa in Asia Minor.
Roman inscription embedded in the church of Saint Nicholas at the port of Aegina.
Map of Athens with plans of the Acropolis monuments and other buildings.
Title page. Composition of Egyptian antiquities.
Pompey's Pillar (Triumphal pillar of Diocletian) in Alexandria.
Plans of catacombs in Alexandria together with floor plan of fortress in Nicopolis, and map of the isle Latonia, close to Rosetta.
View of the ruins of the fortress of Babylon, in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. View of the Pyramids of Dahshour, Saqqara and Giza.
View of granary in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. Plan of Roman fortress in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. Plan of the tower of the fortress (C). View of Roman fortress (Β).
View and bottom view of the reservoir of the aqueduct of Cairo.
View and plan of Egyptian sarcophagus from Cairo. Floor plan of the Amr ibn al-'As Mosque in Cairo.
View of the Pyramids at Giza. Plan and section of the hallway of the Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as Pyramid of Cheops.
View of the Sphinx. Section plans of the Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as Pyramid of Cheops.
Map of the Pyramids of Saqqara and Dahshour.
Views and section plans of the Pyramids of Dahshour.
A Mummy brought from Egypt to the Right Honourable Lord Charles Cavendish.
Catacombs of Saqqara: A. Plan of human burials. B. Plan of the Ibis Catacomb (bird burials). C. View of a wall from the Catacombs of Apis. Two pyramids from Saqqara.
Plan of the ruins of the Egyptian labyrinth Herodotus writes about, and which is close to Crocodilopolis, in today's Medinet el-Fayum.
View and plan of column order from temple in El Ashmunein. View and plan of portico in Sheikh Ibada (anc. Antinopolis).
View and plan of the portico of the Temple of Ptolemy IV in Qaw el-Kebir (anc. Antaiopolis). Grotto in Gebel el-Silsila.
Plans of temples at Denderah in Egypt.
View and plan of temple in Qus (anc. Apollonopolis Parva). View and plan of temple in Luxor (anc. Thebes). View and plan of temple and bridge in Qift (anc. Coptos / Justinianopolis).
Plan and section of the Precinct of Amun-Re in Luxor (anc. Thebes). Views of pylon of the same precinct.
View of ancient Thebes in Egypt.
View of the Valley of the Kings in ancient Thebes (Luxor).
Plans of funerary monuments from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor (anc. Thebes). Greek and Coptic graffiti incised by visitors in ancient times.
Plans of funerary monuments in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor (anc. Thebes). Map of the access to the site.
Plans of carved funerary monuments in Luxor (anc. Thebes).