2 photographs taken by tourists visiting Luxor in 1923.
TAA iii.46.2.1
Three tourists, one man and two women, sitting on the modern enclosure wall of Tutankhamun's tomb, with two Egyptian police officers (1 standing on either side of the seated group).
Manuscript note on verso, "Outside the new Tomb. The Valley of the Kings - 1923."
TAA iii.46.2.2
Female tourist, also part of the group in the other photograph, standing next to the head of a colossus of Ramesses II in the Ramesseum.
Manuscript note on verso, "The Ramesseum - Thebes - 1923."
The identities of the people in the photographs and the owner of the pictures are all unknown.
Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. Royal Mail Group Ltd commissioned the Griffith Institute to act as consultants supplying all the text and required images for all the Special Stamp products.
Two identical sets of thirteen postcards featuring reproductions of all twelve Special Stamps (the mini-sheet stamps are represented twice, once as the complete mini-sheet design of four stamps as well as individually), all issued on 24 November 2022, part of the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Series of panoramic views of Cairo, upper image shows several important sites including the pyramids at Giza and Saqqara:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, top row of text] 'Montagne El Mokattam ou Chaine Arabique', 'Côté de la Moyenne Egypte', 'Pyramides de Zakkarah', 'Pyramides de Gyzeh'. (ink notes)
[on recto, bottom right side] '1'. (ink note)
[on mount, bottom edge] 'PANORAMA DU CAIRE'. (ink note)
Plan of Luxor temple, with several additional renderings of temple pylon and details of features such as colossi and obelisks. The plan and view are by Lenoir, and the plate reference is from an unknown book:
engraving
mounted
[on recto, top edge] 'PALAIS A THÈBES. (Louqsor.) Pl. 3'. (ink note)
[on recto, bottom edge] 'Alb. Lenoir del. E. Ollwier sc.', 'ARCHITECTURE CIVILE, Luxor Temple'. (ink notes)
Relief scene from the Theban tomb of Rekhmire (TT100) showing a garden with a pool in the centre and a boat sailing across with several figures at (19) viii-x:
watercolour
mounted
[on recto, bottom edge] faded pencil note.
[on mount, verso] 'Peintures des Tombeaux de la Vallée des Reines'. (ink note)
