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PCT4289370: Egypt: site of Deir el-Bahari (Deir El Bahari, Theban necropolis, royal hiding place), funeral complex composed of temples and tombs, located on the left bank west of the Nile facing the city of Luxor and the temples of Karnak, south of the valley of kings, located on the rocky wall of the mountain of Thebes, Upper Egypt. Engraving after a photograph of 1881 by Edward Livingston Wilson (1838-1903) in front of the entrance to the main grave exploded by the French egyptologist Gaston Maspero (1846-1916) and his collaborator Emile Brugsch (1842-1930) German archeologist - On this engraving published in 1887 in the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine showing the The two egyptologists are accompanied by members of the Abd al-Rassul family who had begun looting the site before the remains were transferred to an archeological museum - Professor Maspero sits on the right, Emil Brugsch standing in front of Mohammed Abd-Er-Rassoul holding a rope - Professor Maspero (sitting at the right), Emil Brugsch Bey, and Mohammed Abd-Er-Rasoul holding a rope in his hand. Photographed at the mouth of the shaft, Deir-El-Bahari -, Wilson, Edward Livingston (1838-1903) / Bridgeman Images