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Samuel Binion: Ancient Egypt, 1887

Title: "The Tombs of the Kings, Thebes"

Size (image): 18.5 x 26 inches

Medium:  Original Chromolithograph

Date: 1887

Condition: Fine

Details: From a limited edition of 800. 

Price: $210

 

"The silent valley, 'The Gates of the Kings,' contains the secluded necropolis of the monarchs of the empire. There is no more appropriate place for an Egyptian burying-ground than that valley of the dead, for it is wild and weird, destitute of life and vegetation, and surrounded by almost inaccessible rocks." -Samuel Binion
 

 

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