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Karnak Egypt Avenue of Sphinxes tourists 1926 antique vintage - Original Photo:
$45.00
An original 6x4.5" antique photo from an album of antique photos from 1926 that we acquired from the UK estate of the Billie Love Historical Collection. * We always automatically combine orders for shipping, so add as many photos as you’d like to your order!
Photo Overview
A 1926 sepia photograph showing tourists gathered on the great processional way known as the Avenue of Sphinxes at the Karnak Temple complex in Luxor, Egypt, with long rows of ram headed sphinx statues receding into the distance, palm groves and mud brick village buildings at right, and the Nile floodplain and hills of the Theban east bank in the background.
Karnak’s Avenue of Sphinxes once linked the great temple of Amun at Karnak with Luxor Temple over a distance of nearly two miles, and many of its sphinxes were buried for centuries before modern excavations and restorations revealed the processional road seen here. Early 20th century images like this 1926 view capture the site before large scale archaeological conservation reshaped the area and before mass tourism transformed Luxor, making this an evocative historic record for Egyptology and travel history collectors. Add this rare vintage Egypt photograph to your collection today before another serious buyer does.
Text Present
Front lower left corner:
"985. KARNAX THE SPHINX AVENUE"
(intended reading: "985. KARNAK THE SPHINX AVENUE")
Back:
No text, stamps, or markings visible.
Print analysis:
This is a sepia toned silver gelatin photograph mounted on a thin brown backing card, with handwritten negative number and caption in white on the image surface, typical of commercial travel photographs sold in Egypt in the 1920s. The blank card reverse with no postcard divisions or modern lab markings, combined with the period tonality and wear, indicate this is a vintage photographic print made close to the time the negative was exposed. Based on these characteristics and the specified 1926 date, this is most consistent with a Type 1 original photo printed c1926.
Condition: Photo is in fair to excellent antique condition. Please see photos for any tears, folds, smudges, or other age damage that may be present.