Summary

One of 139 photographs in an album from World War I likely to have been taken by Captain Edward Albert McKenna. The photographs include the 7th Battalion training in Mena Camp, Egypt, and sight-seeing.

Image depicting the Sphinx at Ismalia. The Sphinx at Ismalia is located in the Garden of the Stelae which is adjacent to the Ismalia Museum. The Sphinx is believed to have been made during the reign of Ramesses II (the Great) the third ruler of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt.

Description of Content

What appears to be a landscaped garden. In the centre, on what appears to be an island surrounded by walkways, is a sphinx with a human head, wearing a nemes headdress, on a plinth. Around plinth are hieroglyphs and at the base of the plinth is a garden bed. In the background, to the right of the sphinx, is what appears to be the remains of another ancient statue.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.

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