Ancient Way
Photograph

René Burri

Maker
Swiss, 1933–2014

Ancient Way

Threatened Temples of the Nile


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 9/16 × 9 9/16 in. (16.7 × 24.3 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0367
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Nile Temples) 9/62 25) ANCIENT WAY is shown in this fresco from a \ well-preserved tomb at Luxor. Men at upper right dump \ sand or mortor in a masonary project of the early empire. \ Credit: René Burri © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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