TIMEA Visual Materials
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The TIMEA Visual Materials collection contains book illustrations, stereographs, postcards, photographic cards, and other emphemera related to travel in the Middle East. Currently the collection focuses on Egypt, primarily in the nineteenth century. Most of these materials are part of a collection held by Dr. Paula Sanders, Rice University.
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Item Musee de Boulaq(Rice University) Edwards, E.; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).The King of the Bible PharaoItem Musee de Boulaq(Rice University) Edwards, E.; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).Interior view of the museumItem Musee de Boulaq(Rice University) Edwards, E.; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).Exterior view of museum building, with inset of figures at a tableItem Musee de Boulaq(Rice University) Edwards, E.; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).Standing figure of KhafreItem Caire. Musee de Ghizeh(Rice University) Mieli, Carlo; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).Exterior view of museum building, with inset of figures at a tableItem Colossi of the Plain at Thebes, and Luxor beyond.(Rice University, 1847) Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).Theban Colossi viewed from a distance.Item Philæ, approaching it from the Cataracts.(Rice University, 1847) Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).A view of Philæ from a distanceItem View in the Delta during the inundation of the Nile.(Rice University, 1847) Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).A scene of men and oxen riding through water with a cluster of buildings in the background.Item Boats of the Nile - Cangia and Dahabéëh.(Rice University, 1847) Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).Two boats sail along the Nile.Item The Norek, a machine used by the modern Egyptians for threshing corn.(Rice University, 1847) Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).An illustration of a man riding a plow-like implement pulled by oxenItem The Banner of the Prophet at the Feast of Bairam.(Rice University, 1911) Sladen, Douglas; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).Men, women and children congregate at a festival. One holds a flag.Item The Young Idea.(Rice University, 1911) Sladen, Douglas; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).Five naked children run towards the camera.Item The Temple of Amon-Ra at Karnak.(Rice University, 1911) Sladen, Douglas; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).The ruins of a temple with two obelisks in the distance.Item A Typical Nile Town.(Rice University, 1911) Sladen, Douglas; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).A cluster of buildings along the Nile.Item An Assuan Galley and the Island of Elephantine.(Rice University, 1911) Sladen, Douglas; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).A boat with sails by Elephantine Island.Item Saint's Tomb in the Desert Behind the Cataract Hotel at Assuan.(Rice University, 1911) Sladen, Douglas; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).The ruins of a domed, brick structure are pictured.Item The Witch of Assuan.(Rice University, 1911) Sladen, Douglas; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).Photo of an old woman who lives in a tomb in Aswan.Item Fuzzy-Wuzzy.(Rice University, 1911) Sladen, Douglas; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).Bisharin tribesman stands in front of his camp.Item Dragoman Explaining Cartouches in the Temple of Komombo.(Rice University, 1911) Sladen, Douglas; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).In discussion, one man gestures to another with his right hand as he places his hand on a wall covered in hieroglyphics.Item Boy Working a Shadùf.(Rice University, 1911) Sladen, Douglas; Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI).A naked, or nearly naked, boy performs manual labor as a man in the shade looks on.