Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world |
| Travelers to the Ancient and Classical World |
| 2 | Photographers on the Grand Tour |
| 3 | Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey: The Ancient and Classical World |
| 4 | Francis Bedford: The Prince of Wales and his trip to the East (1862) |
| Egypt: Archaeological sites |
| 5 | Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza |
| 6 | Egypt: Climbing the Pyramids |
| 7 | Egypt: The Sphinx |
| 8 | Egypt: Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser), Sakkarah (Saqqara) |
| 9 | Egypt: Colossi of Memnon |
| 10 | Egypt: Dendara |
| 11 | Egypt: Edfou (Edfu) |
| 12 | Egypt: Karnak |
| 13 | Egypt: Kom Ombo |
| 14 | Egypt: Luxor |
| 15 | Egypt: Philae |
| 16 | Egypt: Thebes |
| 17 | Egypt: Thebes: Medinet Habu - Medinet Haboo (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III) |
| 18 | Egypt: Valley of the Kings |
| Egypt - Photographers |
| 19 | Jules Itier: Egypt |
| 20 | Félix Teynard: Egypt and Nubia |
| 21 | Félix Teynard: Egypt and Nubia: Negatives |
| 22 | Louis de Clercq: Egypt |
| 23 | Maxime du Camp: Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie (1852) |
| 24 | John Beasly Greene: Le Nil (1854) |
| 25 | Francis Frith: Books on Egypt, Sinai and Palestine |
| 26 | Francis Frith: Egypt |
| 27 | Francis Frith: Stereoviews: Egypt, Nubia and the Middle East |
| 28 | Francis Bedford: The Prince of Wales and his trip to the East - Egypt (1862) |
| 29 | Gustave Le Gray: Egypt |
| 30 | William de Wiveleslie Abney: Thebes and its Five Greater Temples (1876) |
| 31 | H. Béchard: The Pyramids |
| 32 | Charles Piazzi Smyth: Lantern slides and other photographs of Egypt |
| The difficulties of photographing archaeological sites |
| 33 | The Breasted Expeditions to Egypt and the Sudan (1905-1907) |
| 34 | Photographing in the interior of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel (1906) |
| 35 | Photographing the Temple of Amun and Amunhotep III at Soleb (1907) |
| Egypt: Archaeological finds |
| 36 | Egypt: Wall art, bas-relief, hieroglyphics and graffiti |
| 37 | Egypt: Cleopatra's Needle |
| Greece |
| 38 | Greece: Athens: Acropolis: Parthenon |
| 39 | Greece: Athens: Acropolis: Erechtheion |
| 40 | Greece: Athens: Acropolis: Propylaia |
| 41 | Greece: Athens: Temple of Olympian Zeus (Olympieion) |
| 42 | Alfred-Nicolas Normand: Greece |
| 43 | Alfred-Nicolas Normand: Athens: The Acropolis |
| 44 | William J. Stillman: Athens: Acropolis (1868-1870) |
| 45 | Fred Boissonnas: Greece |
| 46 | Walter Hege: Greece: Athens: The Acropolis (1928-1930) |
| Italy: Rome |
| 47 | Italy: Rome: The Colosseum |
| 48 | Italy: Rome: Arch of Constantine |
| 49 | Italy: Rome: Forum Romanum |
| 50 | Italy: Rome: Forum Traiani |
| 51 | Pierre-Ambroise Richebourg: Rome |
| 52 | Robert Macpherson: The monuments of Rome |
| 53 | James Anderson: The Roman Forum |
| 54 | James Anderson: The Colosseum |
| 55 | John Henry Parker: Recent Excavations in Rome: Made in 1868 |
| 56 | Carlo Baldassare Simelli: Rome |
| 57 | Edmond Behles: Rome |
| 58 | Robert Rive: Rome |
| Italy: Pompeii |
| 59 | Michele Amodio: Pompeii |
| 60 | John Shaw Smith: Pompeii |
| 61 | Giorgio Sommer: Pompeii |
| 62 | Auguste Lesouëf: Pompeii (1880) |
