Modern Iconoclasts at work - Egypt
Modern iconoclasts at work on the monuments of ancient Egypt. American women tourists pictured chipping away portions of the carving on the magnificient columns of the Ptolemaic Temple of Hathor or Venus at Denderah. The Graphic explains that the problem of relic-hunting has been a negative side-effect of the increase of tourism to Egypt
Picture No
13714200
Media ID
46782876
Size
4122px x 5530px
(5.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Percy Macquoid in The Graphic', 26 July 1890, page 84
Date
1890
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