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.

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

Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822 - 1894)

1851

Medium: salted paper print
Classification: Photograph
Dimensions: image/sheet: 19.4 × 15 cm (7 5/8 × 5 7/8 in.) ; mount: 44.4 × 30.5 cm (17 1/2 × 12 in.)
Culture: French
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CPH
Credit line: Purchased as the Gift of the Richard King Mellon Foundation
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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