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The temple at Karnac, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe, 1849, after David Roberts, 1838.

Sunset over the ruins at Karnac, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.

The Temple of El-Karnak, Luxor, Egypt: view from the south east. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Leaning columns in the temple at Karnac, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Column of the pharaoh Taharqa, with temple ruins at Karnac, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: the Temple of Khons: a colonnade. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: a courtyard with two obelisks. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Decorated columns at Karnak, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1847.

Decorated pillars of the temple at Karnac, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.

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Karnak

Images from the collections

Images about Karnak

Works from the collections

Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: the Temple of Khons: a colonnade. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Decorated columns at Karnak, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1847.

Sunset over the ruins at Karnac, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.

The Temple of El-Karnak, Luxor, Egypt: view from the south east. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Decorated pillars of the temple at Karnac, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.

Karnak

Images from the collections

Images about Karnak

Works from the collections

Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: the Temple of Khons: a colonnade. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Decorated columns at Karnak, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1847.

Sunset over the ruins at Karnac, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.

The Temple of El-Karnak, Luxor, Egypt: view from the south east. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Decorated pillars of the temple at Karnac, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.

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