HIM5260958: Across the plain of Thebes and past the Memnon statues from the cliffs, Egypt', 1905. 'The city which once stood below us rose to a splendour and magnificence unknown before. Laden with the spoils of Asia and Nubia, the conquerors of the eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties returned to this lovely, cliff-encircled plain to adorn it with the mightiest temples that have ever risen by human hands. It was with the invasion of the Assyrians in the seventh century BC that its colossal temples fell a prey to fire and sword. Stereoscopic card'. Detail. From a series called "Egypt Through the Stereoscope", text by James H Breasted. / Bridgeman Images
HIM5260993: Looking down on the river past the front of Abu Simbel temple, Egypt', 1905. '[The temple] was wrought by Ramses II, the author of the most colossal works in Egypt. The statues all represent himself, and are excellent portraits. Beside them are smaller figures of various members of his family.' Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called "Egypt Through the Stereoscope", text by James H Breasted. / Bridgeman Images
HIM5261033: Premiere guerre mondiale : le general americain John Joseph Pershin arrive a Liverpool le 8/06/1917, pres de lui l'ambassadeur americain Walter H Page, l'amiral americain Sims, le secretaire d'etat Lord Derby et le marechal britannique John French (1852-1925). Illustration tiree de "The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918"., British School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
HIM5261054: La fontaine du palais de Linderhof, Baviere, Allemagne, annees 1900. Linderhof, pres de Oberammergau, en Baviere, au sud-ouest, est le plus petit des trois palais construit par le roi Louis II de Baviere et le seul pour lequel il etait encore en vie lors de l'achevement des travaux. Cartes stereoscopiques. Detail. Photographie / Bridgeman Images
HIM5261095: Anne de Boleyn (Anna ou Ann Bolin et Anne Bullen) (1507-1536), the second wife of King Henry VIII, 1851. From ""Biographical Sketches of the Queens of Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Victoria, or Royal Book of Beauty"", edited by Mary Howitt, Henry G Bohn, London, 1851. / Bridgeman Images