Heliopolis by Boston Public Library (cropped)

BPLDC no.: 08_04_000004
Page Title: Heliopolis
Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection
Album: Volume 26: Lower Egypt. Pyramids.
Call no. 4098B.104 v26 (p. 3)
Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn
Description: Scrapbook page containing one photograph of the obelisk of Heliopolis in Egypt and annotated information about the history of Heliopolis and the monument. The page also includes drawings of cartouches and the deities Tum of Heliopolis and Ptah.
Subjects:
Egypt
Heliopolis
travel photography
Obelisks--Egypt--Heliopolis
Page size: 33 x 38.1 cm
Annotations:
Cartouche of Usertesen I
Mariette B.C. 285
Lepsius 2380
Wilkinson 2080
XII Dynasty.
This obelisk and a few walls are all that is left of the famous ancient Heliopolis or City of the Sun. Here was the great sun temple the most ancient and renowned shrine in Egypt. [Tum Harmachis]. Moses married a daughter of one of the priests of this temple. Plato is said to have resided and studied here for thirteen years. Cambyses is said to have been the destroyer of Heiopolis. The Obelisk which stands here, made of red granite of Assuan, is next to the oldest yet found. It was erected by Usertesen second kind of 12th Dynasty and is consequently between four and five thousand years old—it is sixty six feet high
Language: English, photograph has French title
Rights: No known restrictions.
Coverage: Egypt
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger, derived from captions or annotated information.
Format: Scrapbooks
Technique: Photographs, Albumen prints
BPL Department: Print Department
Photo 1:
Photographer: G. Lékégian & Cie.
Title: Obélisque d’Heliopolis [the rest of information is unreadable due to fading]
Caption:
Heliopolis
“On” of the Bible
Date: ca. 1865-1895

Flickr data on 2011-08-03:

Camera: Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW, Sinar m
License: CC BY 2.0
User: Boston Public Library BPL