Photograph of the Colossi of Memnon in Thebes, Egypt. The twin statues are visible in the center foreground. The distant rocky hillside is visible in the background.

Photograph of the Mastaba of Ti in Saqqara, Egypt. A stone wall is visible in the right foreground. Past the wall, three square niches are inset in the building structure. The center niche contains a doorway to the tomb (mastaba) interior. Images carved into the stone are visible on the outside of the tomb.

Photograph of the Step Pyramid in Saqqara, Egypt. The pyramid is visible in the center background. The desert terrain is visible in front of the pyramid.

Photograph of a portrait sphinx of Rameses II in Memphis, Egypt. The sphinx in visible in the center foreground in profile. A dry landscape with palm trees is visible behind the sphinx.

Photograph of two seated figures carved out of black stone in Medinet Habu, Egypt. The figures are seated facing the camera in the foreground. The left figure is missing an arm and a head while the right figure's face is worn away. The figures are flanked by column bases decorated with hieroglyphics in relief. A stone wall spans the background.

Photograph of columns in Medinet Habu, Egypt. Only the bases of the columns remain. The foreground is divided by lines of column bases. Each base is carved with hieroglyphics and decorative reliefs. The distant hillside is visible in the background.

Photograph of column remains in the Temple of Ramses III in Medinet Habu, Egypt. A man in a blue robe is visible in the foreground between the columns. Column bases fill the foreground. Stone walls are visible behind the columns. The columns are decorated with hieroglyphics.

Photograph of the Temple of Ramses III in Medinet Habu, Egypt. Four stone columns are visible in the foreground with a passageway in the center. The columns are decorated with hieroglyphics. A figure in a blue robe is visible on the ramp leading up to the passage in the foreground. The hillside is visible in the background through the passageway.

Photograph of a camel in Medinet Habu, Egypt. The camel faces the camera in the center foreground. Stone ruins are scattered about behind the camel. Large intersecting stone walls are visible behind the ruins.

Photograph of the peristyle court of the Temple of Ramses III in Medinet Habu, Egypt. A row of columns is visible in the foreground. Each column is preceded by a stone figure. Each figure is in various states of deterioration.

Photograph of Medinet Habu, Egypt. The foreground is framed by two stone walls in shadow. A figure in a white turban stands in the right foreground. The ruins of a building fill the frame. Stone walls carved with relief images are scattered throughout. A rocky hillside is visible in the distant background.

Photograph of Medinet Habu, Egypt. The inside of a stone room is visible in the foreground. Through the door in the room, an outer courtyard and opposing building are visible.

Photograph of a stone wall in Medinet Habu, Egypt. Grass fills the area in front of the wall. Two columns flank the entrance in the wall. Another stone building is visible behind the wall.

Photograph of ruins in Medinet Habu, Egypt. A low stone wall is visible on the right side with two columns within its borders. More walls and deteriorating structures are visible next to and behind the low wall. A gravel pathway is visible in the immediate foreground.

Photograph of the Mosque of Abu Haggag in Luxor, Egypt. The mosque was built atop the ruins of the Luxor Temple. In the left foreground, the mosque is visible at an angle. In the background, Amenhotep's Colonnade is visible.

Photograph of Amenhotep's colonnade in the temple complex of Luxor, Egypt. A row of columns from Amenhotep's peristyle is visible in the right foreground next to a patch of grass. The colonnade leads into the background on the left side of the frame. More ruins are visible in the background.

Photograph of the entrance to the Luxor Temple in Luxor, Egypt. The two large entrance walls are visible in the foreground. A large obelisk and two stone statues are visible in front of the wall. A man walks towards the camera in the foreground. A portion of the temple ruins is visible through the opening in the wall.

Photograph of the Luxor Temple in Luxor, Egypt. Grass and a palm tree are visible in the right foreground. The ruins of the temple are visible next to the patch of grass.

Photograph of the Temple of Amun-Re in Karnak, Egypt. In the foreground, an open courtyard is visible. A column-lined path leads from the courtyard to the background. Two stone figures stand on each side of the path in front of the line of columns. The remains of one stone pillar are visible in the left foreground.

Photograph of a column in the Temple of Amun-Re in Karnuk, Egypt. The column is visible in the foreground. A standing stone figure is visible on the right side of the column. A row of columns is visible in the background.

Photograph of an obelisk in the Temple of Amun-Re in Karnak, Egypt. A long pathway lined with stone columns leads to the obelisk in the background.

Photograph of a man and an umbrella at the Temple of Amun-Re in Karnak, Egypt. A man in a white robe and cap stands on the dirt ground in front of a large stone wall. A white and blue umbrella is visible next to the man. The umbrella is open and sitting on the ground.

Photograph of the temple complex of Karnak, Egypt. In the foreground, the ruins of a temple are visible. A man in a white robe with a blue umbrella is visible in the foreground amongst the ruins. A mass of excavated bricks is visible behind the temple walls. Palm trees are visible in the background.

Photograph of the Temple of Amun-Re in Karnak, Egypt. A path lined with columns cuts down the center of the image. In front of each column line is a seated stone figure. Other columns and surrounding ruins are visible in the foreground and background.