Tourists With Sphinx, Giza Plateau, near Cairo, Egypt
Artist
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1900
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (17.1 x 23.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs
Object number2001.31.24
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a vintage warm-toned silver print on its original mount. Three tourists on camels and two guides on foot pose for this photograph. Behind them is the Sphinx.Label TextUnknown Tourists With Sphinx, Giza Plateau, near Cairo, Egypt, ca. 1900 Gelatin-silver print Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs 2001.31.24 Since ancient times, the monuments of the Great Sphinx and the pyramids have served as the national symbols of Egypt. Believed to be some 4,500 years old, the Sphinx is carved from a single ridge of stone and is 240 feet long and 66 feet high. It was carved from limestone bedrock which formed fifty million years ago when sea waters covered northeast Africa. The stone quarried from around the Sphinx was used in the construction of the adjacent pyramids and temples at Giza. Edited By: CW Edited Date: 2007 Approved By: ERL Approval Date: 2007Exhibition History"The World of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 20, 2007 - May 25, 2008
