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Egypt and Jerusalem as seen by German painter Karl Werner in the 1860s.
Yearn to be a traveler in an antique land? Take all the time you need with these paintings which are fully digitised on our collections website: wellcome.info/werner
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1: Humans and camels look tiny before the colossal Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Giza. 40357i
2: A campfire, with a small group huddled around it, lights up the carvings on the statues of Memnon. Three millennia after his death, these statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III still tower over mortal men. 40355i
3: A small group gathers under a wall which is covered in hieroglyphics. 40358i
4: Camels pass over a sun baked landscape and by the ruined tomb of Sultan Barsbai. 40352i
5: A small boat piled high with reeds is piloted by a man in a fez down the river Nile near Akhmim. 40353i
6: A monk and others pray in a church, decorated with icons, situated in the same land where their faith was born. 30532i
7: A man smoking a long pipe sits high upon a camel while a crowd bustles below. 25469i
8: As humans look tiny compared to the Pyramids, they themselves are rendered insignificant to the immensity of the Earth. Across the desert the pyramids of Giza look minute. 40352i
9: In the shadows of a shop a man smokes a long pipe while another plays a stringed instrument. Out in the light of the street two women in white shop. 25224
10: The river and palm trees by the temple of Isis at Philae. 40356i
11: Jewish worshippers at the Wailing Wall. 40359i
12: A shaft of light shines down in an ornate Jerusalem coffee house. A little fountain decorates this courtyard. 18120i
13: A woman in a veil sits in the shade and clutches a palm, where she sells piles of oranges from wicker baskets.
14: A tent sits in the shade in the Egyptian desert. 40357i
15: Palms, ruins and camels by the Nile at Aswān. 40354i
16: A gleaming full moon shines through the ruins of the Ancient Egyptians reflects a celestial road upon the water. 40355i]
Egypt and Jerusalem as seen by German painter Karl Werner in the 1860s.
Yearn to be a traveler in an antique land? Take all the time you need with these paintings which are fully digitised on our collections website: wellcome.info/werner
Alt text:
1: Humans and camels look tiny before the colossal Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Giza. 40357i
2: A campfire, with a small group huddled around it, lights up the carvings on the statues of Memnon. Three millennia after his death, these statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III still tower over mortal men. 40355i
3: A small group gathers under a wall which is covered in hieroglyphics. 40358i
4: Camels pass over a sun baked landscape and by the ruined tomb of Sultan Barsbai. 40352i
5: A small boat piled high with reeds is piloted by a man in a fez down the river Nile near Akhmim. 40353i
6: A monk and others pray in a church, decorated with icons, situated in the same land where their faith was born. 30532i
7: A man smoking a long pipe sits high upon a camel while a crowd bustles below. 25469i
8: As humans look tiny compared to the Pyramids, they themselves are rendered insignificant to the immensity of the Earth. Across the desert the pyramids of Giza look minute. 40352i
9: In the shadows of a shop a man smokes a long pipe while another plays a stringed instrument. Out in the light of the street two women in white shop. 25224
10: The river and palm trees by the temple of Isis at Philae. 40356i
11: Jewish worshippers at the Wailing Wall. 40359i
12: A shaft of light shines down in an ornate Jerusalem coffee house. A little fountain decorates this courtyard. 18120i
13: A woman in a veil sits in the shade and clutches a palm, where she sells piles of oranges from wicker baskets.
14: A tent sits in the shade in the Egyptian desert. 40357i
15: Palms, ruins and camels by the Nile at Aswān. 40354i
16: A gleaming full moon shines through the ruins of the Ancient Egyptians reflects a celestial road upon the water. 40355i]
