Beginning of the transport of antiquities at the base of the rock-cut tombs

Artist not given by the collection, 1905 - 1906

Beginning of the transport of antiquities at the base of the rock-cut tombs. The Egyptian wearing the Fez is Bolos Ghattas. The European man bending down is most likely to be Benvenuto Savina. Schiaparelli excavations. · description from the collection

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Date: 1905 - 1906 ¹
Medium: silver bromide/Glass plate negative ¹
License: CC0 (Museo Egizio, Archivio fotografico)
Credit: Archivio Museo Egizio, C01822

Object record, Museo Egizio, Archivio fotografico

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Detail of the decorated entrance to the tomb of Sadat el-Taulbe (from the caption on the back of the photo), showing the typical ornamental style of Islamic art called arabesque, and the distinctive composition of…

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