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Luxor Amenhotep Base EG9620927JHP 
 Egypt Museum Luxor Cache Amenhotep Statue Base Hieroglyphs Photo Exhibit was photographed inside this modern building on the waterfront of the River Nile with its fascinating collection covering the extensive history of ancient Egypt including items from the Tomb of Tutankahum. These particular exhibits are in an annex displaying statues discovered in 1989 in a storage pit and called The Luxor Temple Cachette of which the red quartzite life size statue of Amenhotep 111 is one of the finest pieces of carving yet found in Egypt. This photo was taken in 1996 when you could pay to take photographs but not use a tripod, now not allowed at all, and I used Kodak 5042 Tungsten Slide film which still meant hand holding was at the extremes of useful photography in low light conditions. 
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Luxor Museum
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Luxor Amenhotep Base EG9620927JHP
Upload Date: 2005-04-25 14:30:08
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Egypt Museum Luxor Cache Amenhotep Statue Base Hieroglyphs Photo Exhibit

was photographed inside this modern building on the waterfront of the River Nile with its fascinating collection covering the extensive history of ancient Egypt including items from the Tomb of Tutankahum. These particular exhibits are in an annex displaying statues discovered in 1989 in a storage pit and called The Luxor Temple Cachette of which the red quartzite life size statue of Amenhotep 111 is one of the finest pieces of carving yet found in Egypt. This photo was taken in 1996 when you could pay to take photographs but not use a tripod, now not allowed at all, and I used Kodak 5042 Tungsten Slide film which still meant hand holding was at the extremes of useful photography in low light conditions.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, East, Bank, River, Nile, Museum, Cache, Cachette, Temple, Interior, Statue, base, hieroglyphs, cartouche, upright, history, archaeology, Egyptology, exhibits, Amenhotep, Amenophis, quartzite, carved