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Plan and section of the Precinct of Amun-Re in Luxor (anc. Thebes). Views of pylon of the same precinct.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Karnak, Plans and drawings, Thebes / Luxor

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).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Qift / anc. Coptos / Justinianopolis, Qus / anc. Apollonopolis Parva, Thebes / Luxor

Plans of temples at Denderah in Egypt.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Denderah / anc. Tendyra, Egypt, Plans and drawings

View and plan of the portico of the Temple of Ptolemy IV in Qaw el-Kebir (anc. Antaiopolis). Grotto in Gebel el-Silsila.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Gebel el-Silsila, Qaw el-Kebir /anc. Antaiopolis

View and plan of column order from temple in El Ashmunein. View and plan of portico in Sheikh Ibada (anc. Antinopolis).

Tags: Antinopolis / Ansena / mod. Sheikh Ibada, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, El Ashmunein / anc. Hermopolis Magna, Plans and drawings

Plan of the ruins of the Egyptian labyrinth Herodotus writes about, and which is close to Crocodilopolis, in today's Medinet el-Fayum.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Fayum, Labyrinth of Herodotus, Medinet el-Fayum / anc. Crocodilopolis - Arsinoe - Ptolemais Euergetis

Plans and views of the Faiyum region. The lake Moeris.

Tags: Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Obelisks, Plans and drawings, Pyramids

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.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Catacombs, Catacombs of Saqqara, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Ibis Catacomb (Saqqara), Plans and drawings, Pyramids of Saqqara, Saqqara

A Mummy brought from Egypt to the Right Honourable Lord Charles Cavendish.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coats of arms – Emblems, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Egyptian mummies

Views and section plans of the Pyramids of Dahshour.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Dahshour, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Plans and drawings, Pyramids, Pyramids of Dahshur

Map of the Pyramids of Saqqara and Dahshour.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Dahshour, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Plans and drawings, Pyramids, Pyramids of Dahshur, Pyramids of Saqqara, Saqqara

View of the Sphinx. Section plans of the Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as Pyramid of Cheops.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Giza necropolis, Human types, Plans and drawings, Pyramid of Cheops (Giza), Pyramids, Pyramids of Giza

View of the Pyramids at Giza. Plan and section of the hallway of the Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as Pyramid of Cheops.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Giza necropolis, Plans and drawings, Pyramids, Pyramids of Giza

View, sections, and plans of Joseph's Well (Bir Yusuf) at the Saladin Citadel of Cairo.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Castles and fortresses, Egypt, Joseph's Well / Bir Yusuf (Cairo), Plans and drawings, Saladin Citadel of Cairo (Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn), Wells

Plan and view of the building called Hall of Joseph at the Saladin Citadel of Cairo.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Castles and fortresses, Egypt, Hall of Joseph (Cairo), Plans and drawings, Saladin Citadel of Cairo (Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn)

1.View of door in Cairo (B). 2. and 3. View and plan of Bab al-Nasr Gate in Cairo (Α).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bab al-Nasr Gate (Cairo), Cairo, Egypt, Plans and drawings

View and plan of the Nilometer (device measuring the water levels of the Nile river) on the island Rawda in Cairo.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Egypt, Nilometer (Cairo), Plans and drawings

View and plan of Egyptian sarcophagus from Cairo. Floor plan of the Amr ibn al-'As Mosque in Cairo.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Egypt, Monastery of Voulcano (Messenia), Mosques, Plans and drawings, Sarcophagi

View and bottom view of the reservoir of the aqueduct of Cairo.

Tags: Aqueduct of Cairo, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Egypt, Plans and drawings

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).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Egypt, Granary in Coptic quarter of Cairo, Roman monuments

View of the ruins of the fortress of Babylon, in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. View of the Pyramids of Dahshour, Saqqara and Giza.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Boats and ships, Cairo, Castles and fortresses, Dovecotes, Egypt, Fortress of Babylon (Cairo), Irrigation systems, Pyramids, Pyramids of Dahshur, Pyramids of Egypt, Pyramids of Giza, Rafts, Roman monuments, Saqqara

Map of Cairo region and ancient Memphis. On the map the author notes some mosques and Christian temples.

Tags: Cairo, Egypt, Maps, Memphis, Mosques

Plan of the ruins of the Temple of Isis in the ancient city Busiris, today Baalbeit el-Hagar. Plan of the archeological site of ancient Bubastis. Plan of the ruins of Heliopolis in today's Cairo. The author notes the place of a Sphinx (Α) along with the place of an obelisk (Β).

Tags: Baalbeit el-Hagar /anc. Busiris, Baalbek / anc. Heliopolis, Behbeit El-Hagar, Bubastis

Plans of catacombs in Alexandria together with floor plan of fortress in Nicopolis, and map of the isle Latonia, close to Rosetta.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Castles and fortresses, Catacombs, Egypt, Funerary monuments, Latonia island (Alexandria), Nicopolis (Egypt), Plans and drawings, Rashid / anc. Rosetta, Roman monuments

Pompey's Pillar (Triumphal pillar of Diocletian) in Alexandria.

Tags: Alexandria, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Pompey's Pillar / Triumphal pillar of Diocletian, Roman monuments

Plans of towers in Alexandria together with plan and section of a cistern.

Tags: Maps

Map of Egypt with part of the Arabian Peninsula. Drawing of bow and rudder of small wooden ship common to the region.

Tags: Arabia, Arabian peninsula, Boats and ships, Egypt, Maps, Nile river

Map of Alexandria with sketch of the Patriarchal throne.

Tags: Alexandria, Egypt, Maps, Patriarchal throne, Patriarchate of Alexandria

Allegoric scene: War and Peace as female figures. At the center the emblem of the Lord of Pembroke, to whom Pococke dedicated his work.

Tags: Allegories, Coats of arms – Emblems, Frontispieces

Title page. Composition of Egyptian antiquities.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Egyptian antiquities, Title page

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