Obelisk, colossal statue of Ramesses II and Pylons in front of Luxor temple
On the photography there is the Obelisk and Pylons dedicated to the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. He was one of the the greates ruler of Ancient Egypt, who bulit many temples, obelisks and other stuctures.
A temple was built for ritual practices exercised at the most important Egyptian festival, The Festival of Opet.
The collection of A. Beato photographs in the Archaeological museum in Dubrovnik contains cultural-historical monuments from various locations in Upper Egypt. The biggest numbers of photographs were shot in the region of ancient Thebes, one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt. Besides the photos of Karnak (11), Luxor (8) and Medinet Habu (6), the temple of god Horus in Edfu (5) and temple complex on the island of Philae (7) were also recorded.
Archaeological museum in Dubrovnik house very valuable collection of A. Beato photographs which could be compared with the ones from Los Angeles, New York and Florence. These photographs could be very valuable tool for the research of the history of the taken sites and monuments, and for all those who are interesting about the tourism and tourist travels to Egypt during the second half of the 19th century.
A temple was built for ritual practices exercised at the most important Egyptian festival, The Festival of Opet.
The collection of A. Beato photographs in the Archaeological museum in Dubrovnik contains cultural-historical monuments from various locations in Upper Egypt. The biggest numbers of photographs were shot in the region of ancient Thebes, one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt. Besides the photos of Karnak (11), Luxor (8) and Medinet Habu (6), the temple of god Horus in Edfu (5) and temple complex on the island of Philae (7) were also recorded.
Archaeological museum in Dubrovnik house very valuable collection of A. Beato photographs which could be compared with the ones from Los Angeles, New York and Florence. These photographs could be very valuable tool for the research of the history of the taken sites and monuments, and for all those who are interesting about the tourism and tourist travels to Egypt during the second half of the 19th century.
Catalogue entry
Obelisk, colossal statue of Ramesses II in front of Luxor temple
Dubrovnik museums, Dubrovnik
Archaeological museum
inv. no. 1690
Luxor - Thebes, Upper Egypt
Antonio Beato, 1862-1882
cardboard: albumen print
40 x 26 cm
donation, Amerling family
Resources
- Tomorad, Mladen. „Foundation of the Ancient Egyptian Collections in Croatia: Travellers, Private Collectors and the Genesis of the Collections (1800-1920)“. U: Hudakova, Lubica; Hudec, Jozef (ur.). Egypt and Austria IX: Perception of the Orient in Central Europe (1800-1918). Krakow, 2016: 325-340, 405. 330.
- Tomorad, Mladen. Staroegipatska civilizacija, sv. II: Uvod u egiptološke studije. Zagreb, 2017. 69.
- Tomorad, Mladen; Štimac, Ivana. „Visualizing Egypt in the Collection of the Archaeological Museum in Dubrovnik and the Newspaper/travel Reports Published by Grga Novak between 1933 and 1945“. U: Júnová Macková, Adéla; Storchová, Lucie; Jún, Libor (ur.). Egypt and Austria X: Visualizing the Orient: Central Europe and the Near East in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Prague, 2016: 229-244. 229-234.