Egypt: Yesterday and Today
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Architecture
Egypt: Yesterday and Today Details
This book shows the before and after of these ancient sites after excavation as never seen before. The wonderful and romantic images from David Roberts as were first seen when he travelled to Egypt, are contrasted with current photographs of the same sites. Although saving these monuments to the ancient past is most important to the world, one can't help but to wish to come upon these wonders when Roberts captured them in his drawings. Truely a must for anyone who has been to Egypt, or simply wants to arm travel through history.A large book with full color plates.
Reviews
This book is huge, and it's just amazing! Drawings made in the early 19th century of what the antiquities looked like then--beautiful renderings reproduced large. And then a current photograph showing the same sites currently--most from the same angle as the drawings. I really love that the artist saw the sites when there was still color on many of the pillars and walls--color that has since been rubbed off by years of sandstorms and human hands. It's like you get to take a trip up the Nile to see all these great sites, both now and two hundred years ago at the same time. The copy I bought was a used library book (with the plastic cover protector), and it's been loved for years, but still in terrific shape.