Colossi of Memnon, Luxor (Thebes), Egypt Carroun House Ruins of a fire-damaged building

Ruins of a fire-damaged building in Bear Yard

Interior view of the House of Commons

Peter Ball was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663

The labourer is drunk because Mr Lowe had exempted from taxation all hotel servants and all those who dealt in intoxicating liquors

by James Cowles Prichard

Colossi of Memnon, Luxor (Thebes), Egypt Carroun House Ruins of a fire-damaged buildingColossi of Memnon, Luxor (Thebes), Egypt, c1890. The twin statues depict the Pharaoh Amenhotep III and stood in front of his mortuary temple, which has been destroyed. Amenhotep was the 9th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He ruled from 1391 1353 BC. Lantern slide.