Yesterday as Today

Yesterday as Today

Photograph

René Burri

Maker
Swiss, 1933–2014

Yesterday as Today

Threatened Temples of the Nile


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/2 × 9 9/16 in. (16.5 × 24.3 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0365
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Niles Temples) 9/62 23) YESTERDAY AS TODAY: frescoes in a tomb at \ Luxor show the slaves of the Phraohs hauling heavy \ burdens on their backs. Laborers on the Aswan Dam use \ much the same methods (picture 22). However, heavy \ machinery is also employed. \ Credit: René Burri © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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