M. Delie & E. Bechard, Auguste Mariette,  Dona Josefina da Fonseca Costa, lady-in-waiting of the Empress, Luís Pedreira do Couto Ferraz, Baron of Bom Retiro, Empress Teresa Cristina, an unidentified man and Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil,  surrounded by local Egyptians during the Emperor’s trip to Egypt, 1871.

M. Delie & E. Bechard, Auguste Mariette,  Dona Josefina da Fonseca Costa, lady-in-waiting of the Empress, Luís Pedreira do Couto Ferraz, Baron of Bom Retiro, Empress Teresa Cristina, an unidentified man and Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil,  surrounded by local Egyptians during the Emperor’s trip to Egypt, 1871.

Eduard Spelterini, Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. From left to right: Menkaure, Kephren, Cheops. Photographed from a balloon from about 600 metres above ground, 21 November 1904.

Eduard Spelterini, Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. From left to right: Menkaure, Kephren, Cheops. Photographed from a balloon from about 600 metres above ground, 21 November 1904.

Felix Bonfils, The Sphinx of Giza, partially excavated, with two pyramids in background, Egypt, 1867-1899.
Source: Library of Congress

Felix Bonfils, The Sphinx of Giza, partially excavated, with two pyramids in background, Egypt, 1867-1899.

Source: Library of Congress

The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 19th century.

The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 19th century.

Eliot Elisofon, A line of camels with riders crossing in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 1962.

Eliot Elisofon, A line of camels with riders crossing in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 1962.

Félix Bonfils,Several people gathered at the base of the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1867-1885.
Source: Library of Congress

Félix Bonfils,Several people gathered at the base of the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1867-1885.

Source: Library of Congress

Pascal Sebah, The Ascent of the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1860-1890.

Pascal Sebah, The Ascent of the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1860-1890.

Group of teenage girls from Hoover High School doing a pyramid in gymnastics class. Photograph by Martha Holmes. San Diego, California, December 1946.

Group of teenage girls from Hoover High School doing a pyramid in gymnastics class. Photograph by Martha Holmes. San Diego, California, December 1946.