Photograph of the Giza Plateau, showing, in the foreground, the retreating body of water after a flood and two Egyptians monitoring the s…

F. Bonfils, 1877

Photograph of the Giza Plateau, showing, in the foreground, the retreating body of water after a flood and two Egyptians monitoring the situation. In the background, the three great pyramids, of Khufu, Khafre and… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: F. Bonfils ¹
Date: 1877 ¹
Medium: Albumen paper/Positive ¹
License: CC0 (Museo Egizio, Archivio fotografico)
Credit: Archivio Museo Egizio, INV01_008

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