Nile Collection (page 4)

Khartoum, Sudan - View of the Palace
Khartoum, Sudan - View of the Presidential Palace fronting onto the Blue Nile (which joins the White Nile at Khartoum). Date: circa 1910s

Dr. David Livingstone attacked by a lion, 1843
Engraving showing David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary and explorer, being attacked by a lion in the Mabotsa Valley, Africa, 1843

Boy scouts crossing the River Nile, Egypt

Ploughing with Oxen near Pyramids, Giza, Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1930s

Mahdist War - Sudan Campaign - Khartoum - Scrub, river with boats, small buildings opposite. Part of Box 244 Boswell Collection - Sudan War

Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt
The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru (" Holy of Holies" ), is located beneath the cliffs at Deir el Bahari on the west bank of the Nile near the Valley of the Kings

Egypt. Dendera. Hathor Temple. Cleopatra VII, Julius Caesar
Egyptian Art. Dendera. Hathor Temple. Relief depicting Cleopatra VII, Julius Caesar and their son Caesarion, later her co-regent Ptolemy XV Caesar. 1st. Century B.C. Ptolemaic Dynasty

Egyptian Art. Karnak. The goddess Maat. Relief
Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Relief depicting Maat, goddess of truth and justice. New Empire. Egypt

Egyptian Art. Royal protocol of Ramses II. Cartridge
Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Hieroglyphic writing. Royal protocol of Ramesses II. Fifth title of the Pharaoh: son of Ra.19th Dynasty (1320-1200 b.C.). New Empire. Egypt

Roman Art. The Nile mosaic of Palestrina. Detail. Trireme
Roman Art. The Nile mosaic of Palestrina. Barberini mosaic or Niles landscape. Hellenistic floor mosaic depicting scenes in the river Nile.It was part of a Classical sanctuary-grotto in Palestrina

Egyptian art. Colossal statues of a pharaoh, his wife and the god Hapi (God of fertility). Temporary exhibition Egypts Sunken Treasures (Egypts Sunken Treasures)

Royal protocol of Ramses II. Cartridge
Hieroglyphic writing. Royal protocol of Ramses II. Fifth title of the Pharaoh: son of Ra.19th Dynasty (1320-1200 b.C.). New Empire. Egypt

Satet Temple. Elephantine Island. Egypt
Satet Temple. Dedicated to the Goddess Satet, built by Tuthmose III. New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. Elephantine Island. Egypt

Ankh. Relief. Temple of Horus. Edfu. Egypt
Egyptian hieroglyph depicting the Ankh. Temple of Horus in Edu. Egypt

Stele depicting a priest making an offering to the god Ra. E
Egyptian Art. Stele depicting a priest making an offering to the god Ra (seated, with falcons head and sun disk.) Behind him, the goddess Isis. 22nd Dynasty. Third Intermediate Period. Luxor Museum

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Anubis. Seated figure
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Anubis. Seated figure. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

The god Amon, sitting at a table of offerings. Temple of Hat
Polychrome relief depicting the god Amon, sitting at a table of offerings with feather headdress, beard and on both hands the scepter Uady and the ankh. Eighteen dynasty. New Kingdom

Reliefs depicting the ankh, uady and djed pillar. Deir el-Ba
Reliefs depicting the ankh, uady, scepter linked to power and wealth and djed pillar, symbol of stability. Temple of Hatshepsut. Temples of Deir el-Bahari. Dynasty XVIII. New Kingdom. Egypt

Hieroglyph. Temple of Hatshepsut. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt
Hieroglyph. Temple of Hatshepsut. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt

Maat, goddess of wisdom, justice and truth. Royal protocol of Nebmaatre or Amenhotep III, Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. New Empire. Luxot temple. Egypt

Piazza Navona Fountain
The Four Rivers fountain by Bernini in Piazza Navona; the figure of the Nile is shown with a covered head as the source of the Nile was unknown in Europe at this time Date: 1927

Ancient Egyptian fish-shaped bottle
A glass bottle in the shape of a fish, specifically a Nile tilapia. The bottle was found under the floor of a house in Tell el-Amarna. It is coloured blue, yellow and white. Date: circa BC 1350

Papyrus Scroll of Girl and Crocodile
21st Dynasty papyrus scroll showing a girl and a crocodile (Sobek) drinking from the Nile below a hieroglyphic inscription. Egyptian National Museum, Cairo

Aswan Dam under construction
A photograph of the Aswan dam during its construction, particularly showing its extensive Sluices lined with Ashlar. Date: 1902

Aswan Dam
Lock gates on the newly-constructed Aswan Dam on the River Nile in Egypt. Date: 1902

Khartoum, Sudan - The Palace viewed from the river. Date: circa 1910s

Sudan - A White Nile Crocodile Date: circa 1910

Egyptian Shadoof - Irrigation system on the River Nile
Egyptian Shadoof at Cairo, raising water from the Nile to irrigate fields. The shadoof was originally developed in ancient Mesopotamia, and appears on a Sargonid seal of around 2000 BCE

South Sudan - Shulluk Girls of the White Nile - a fantastic photograph. Two carry large woven baskets on their heads. Date: circa 1910s

The Delta Barrage, Egypt - Donkey Market
Donkey Market at the Delta Barrage - a dam that was completed in 1862. Its purpose was to improve irrigation in the Nile Delta area of Egypt

Washing clothes in the Nile, Sudan
Washing Day on the banks of the Nile, Omdurman, Sudan Date: circa 1910s

The Shilluk Tribe - Sudan, Africa
The Shilluk (who now prefer to be known as Chollo), are a major Nilotic ethnic group of Southern Sudan, living on both banks of the river Nile, in the vicinity of the city of Malakal

The Man Who Slept Through H. M. Bateman
While his fellow voyagers cruise up the Nile and enjoy the spectacle of an Egyptian sunset, a man sleeps through on deck, blissfully unaware of what he is missing

Cooks Excursionist and Home & Foreign Tourist Advertiser
Cover illustration for Cooks Excursionist and Home & Foreign Tourist Advertiser, with a montage of images around a globe, including St

Sudanese Woman in traditional Costume seemingly emerging from a small localised Nile River mist (!) with the pyramids lightly visible in the rear

Dinka Tribesmen in carved-out canoe
A group of African Sudanese Dinka men in and around two canoes (for use on the River Nile) carved out of whole tree trunks

Gold in the Land of the Nile. Map of Egypt showing the Areas
Map showing mining activity in Egypt, with the area owned by the Nile Valley Company shaded

Prester John
PRESTER JOHN legendary ruler of Ethiopia, to whom the Egyptians pay tribute to discourage him from damming the Nile which would destroy their economy

Egyptian Shadoof
Egyptian SHADOOF at Cairo, raising water from the Nile to irrigate fields

Religion / Egypt / Hapy
The God of the annual Nile inundation : because there is both an Upper and a Lower Nile, he is often depicted in dual form, with aquatic plants on each of his heads

Cleopatra VII on Nile
CLEOPATRA VII she sails down the Nile in her barge

Map of Egypt. 1841

Feluccas on the River Nile, Cairo, Egypt - Evening. Date: circa 1910s

Egypt - Arab Musicians on board a Dahabeah - River Nile
Egypt - Arab Musicians on board a Dahabeah (also spelled dahabeeyah, dahabiah, dahabiya, dahabiyah and dhahabiyya, as well as dahabiyeh and dahabieh) - a passenger boat used on the River Nile

Shadoof (Chadouf) at the Nile river, Egypt. The shadoof is a traditional irrigation tool to easily lift water by hand from a water source to a higher level

Camels crossing over Delta Barrage at the Nile, Egypt
Caravan of camels, other animals and their riders crossing over the bascule bridge at Delta Barrage at the Nile, Egypt. The Delta Barrage north of Cairo was constructed in the 19th century to improve

Sluice gates of the Delta Barrage at the Nile, Egypt, with people on the dam waiting to cross. The Delta Barrage was constructed in the 19th century to improve

Group of people on motor boat named St. Martinus
Group of people including vicars on deck of the motor boat " St. Martinus" in Alexandria, Egypt. Date: 1930s

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