"Egypt, Nubia, Palestine, and Syria", Maxime Du Camp (1822-1894)

Jerusalem, Dome of the Rock Mosque, Palestine.; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Jerusalem, Western Quarter, Palestine; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Baalbek (Heliopolis), Temple of Jupiter, Western Facade, Syria; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Gurnah, Monolithic Colossus of Amenhotep III, Thebes; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Karnak, Pylon of the Temple of Khonsu, Thebes; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Date Palm and Doum Palm Grove, Upper Egypt; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Mosque of Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Cairo; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Luxor, Grand Colonnade of the Palace; Thebes; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

House and Garden in the French Quarter, Cairo; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Karnak Palace, Hypostyle Hall Taken from the North, Thebes; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Tomb of Sidi Abdellah el-Marabout, Upper Egypt; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Medinet Habu, Peristyle of the Palace of Ramses-Meiamun, Thebes; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Mosque of Bellal in the Village of Bab, Nubia; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Bellal Mosque in Bab Village, Nubia; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Baalbek, Interior of the Enclosure of the Temples of the Sun and Jupiter; Syria; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Date and Doums Palm Forest, Upper Egypt; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Temple of Tafeh (Ancient Taphis), Nubia; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Western Quarter, Jerusalem, Palestine; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Hypaethral Temple, Philae, Nubia; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Palace of Karnak, Private Apartments of the Palace, Promenade of Thutmose III, Thebes; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Gournah, Necropolis of Thebes, Thebes; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Palace of Karnak, General View of the Ruins, Taken from the East, Thebes; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Eastern Bank of the Nile (Village of Bab), View Taken to the South of Philae, Nubia; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Karnak, Temple of Khonsu; Thebes; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Second Cataract, Gebel Abu Sir, Nubia; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

General View of Esneh, Upper Egypt; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Mosque and Tomb of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri, Cairo; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Abu Simbel, The Two Rock Temples, Nubia; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Jerusalem, Western Part of the Walls, Palestine; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Mosque near Bab-el-Saïda, Cairo; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Baalbek (Heliopolis), Colonnade of the Temple of the Sun, Syria; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

The Sphinx seen from the Front, Middle Egypt; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

ly-Bey Mosque, Girgeh, Upper Egypt; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Gurnah, Tomb of Osymandias, Thebes; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Tomb of the Mamluk Sultans, Cairo; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Mosque and Tomb of the Ayyubids, Cairo; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Luxor, General View of the Ruins, Thebes; Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Books

Un voyageur en Egypte vers 1850: "Le Nil" de Maxime Du Camp

(Sand & Conti, 1987)

Die Reise zum Nil 1849-1850. Maxime Du Camp und Gustave Flaubert in Ägypten, Palästina und Syrien

(Steidl, 1997)

Voyage en Orient

(Arthaud, 2020)

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