Copper Engravings
“Fine plates from ‘Description de l’Egypte’, the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon’s pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) and the first comprehensive illustrated description of ancient and modern Egypt.“
Taken from http://www.donaldheald.com (a collector of rare books, prints, maps, etc
Excerpt from his website:
“The survey was divided into various sections detailing the antiquities, modern architecture, natural history and topography of Egypt and coordinated by the ‘l’Institut de l’Egypte’ with a view to publication. Following the defeat of the French army, the ‘savants’ returned to France where a committee was established to edit and supervise the work’s production. Begun under Napoleon in 1809, ‘Description de l’Egypte’ was finally completed in 1830. Although not a military success, the expedition and the resultant ‘Description’, were a scientific and cultural triumph considered by many to be the “Birth of Egyptology”. Prior to Napoleon’s invasion, access to and knowledge of Egypt, its culture and antiquities, were limited to the objects brought to Europe by the Romans and nineteenth-century merchants. The exquisite plates from this voluminous and invaluable work provided the first true glimpse into a once mysterious land and indelibly influenced how the west perceived Egypt”.
One wonders what “…a committee was established to edit and supervise the works production”, really means…..
How did this temple get buried under so much sand? Where did the people go and why would they abandon their beautiful “houses of worship”?
Truthfully, if you search, nothing was really known about “ancient” Egypt up until the 1800’s.
Buildings surrounded by vast natural landscape…
Buildings looked as though they had great detail and were probably breath-taking…
This one is in Cairo.
A magnificent aqueduct.
Again in Cairo. We see a building being used as a mosque. Similar pattern as a building being used or called a cathedral, a building structure along with 1 or 2 tower structures.
I see a little “spanish/moorish” terrace to the left on the above image.
More structures from the west & south.
Notice the big, square, unnatural, right-angled, stone rubble above surrounding the edifice.
Next is something called “the Grand Temple”. Who named it that? And how did it get knocked down?
Looking at the columns, it would have been quite tall. So big for 5-6 foot humans….
Speaking of grandiose, look at the image below. Supposedly the interior of a mosque.
What’s with all the sand in sweeping mounds and piles. Columns are amazingly tall.
You have to really start to question how these amazing structures were built with CAMELS AND CARTS!
At that rate it would take several years to build just one structure. Look are this city!
In add to how one would build this grand, beautiful city in the middle of a desert… how to get the stone there…
One can see just from this engraving the real vastness of the natural, desert landscape. Notice the castle all by itself, the tower structure, to the right in the foreground.
“House” in Cairo. French say “Maison”. It’s where we get the word “Mansion” from. I find it also very interesting that the word “mason” comes from that grouping…..
Just as a note, there is also plenty of green in Cairo, then and now.
So we are left with many questions. Again Egyptian history, knowledge, information was really not presented to European history until 1800’s and only one knows what was “edited under supervision” to create a story that suited European needs and agendas.
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