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This is a photograph of an architectural interior with ancient columns. The photograph shows a row of massive stone columns, each intricately carved with hieroglyphics and reliefs. The columns are aligned in a row, leading the eye down the corridor they form. The play of light and shadow across the columns and the floor enhances the grandeur and mystery of the space. The texture and patterns of the carvings are clearly visible, and the scale of the columns is emphasized by the contrasting background of darker shadows.

Thèbes, Medinet Habou, Galeries du Palais (Palace Galleries at Medinet Habou, Thebes)

Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822 - 1894)

1851 · salted paper print

National Gallery of Art · Purchased as the Gift of the Richard King Mellon Foundation

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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