Twenty-nine albumen prints of 19th-century photographs showing
various sites in Egypt, including Abydos, Alexandria, Beni Hasan, Dendera,
Edfu, Esna, Heliopolis, Karnak, Medinet Habu, Qurna, The Ramesseum, Saqqara
and Theban tombs. Several famous photographers of ancient Egyptian monuments
are represented in this group. The prints are remarkably well preserved and some of
these
images are new for our
Egyptian Mirage database. (Presented by Mr.
John Ross.)Some additional papers of Professor Mordechai Gilula (1936-2002). (Donation.)
An album containing seventy-four 19th-century albumen prints of Egypt,
mostly by J. P. Sebah. It probably dates from about 1890. Many of these
photographs are new for our
Egyptian Mirage database. (Acquired by purchase with the help of
the Essex Egyptology Group, the Southampton Ancient Egypt Society, the Oxford
Experience 2005 Summer School led by Chris Kirby, groups from
Birkbeck College, London, led by Suzanne Bojtos and Charlotte Booth, and
a group from the Workers Educational Association, Essex, led by Charlotte
Booth).
Papers of Joan Crowfoot Payne connected with her Catalogue of the Predynastic Egyptian Collection in the Ashmolean. (Transfer from the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities.)
Photographs of ancient Egyptian anchors found at Marsa Matruh in 1991-2. (Presented by Dr. A. Nibbi.)
An album containing sixty-three 19th-century albumen prints, mostly of
Egypt. Among the photographers whose work is represented in the album are
H. Béchard, J. P. Sébah and A. Beato. The album dates to 1877-8 and
it appears that it belonged to a G. M. F[rean]. There are also some
watercolour sketches. Many of the photographs are new for our
Egyptian Mirage database. (Acquired by purchase.)
(November 3, 2006)