Pharoahs Bed, Island of Philæ

1857

Part of Frith's groundbreaking photographic survey of ancient Egypt, this image preserves the mysterious "Pharaoh's Bed" on Philae Island before modern flooding changed the site forever.

Medium: Albumen print, pl. 19 from the album "Egypt and Palestine, Volume I" (1858)

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