Old Photographs Of Ancient Egypt

The land of the Nile, sphinxes, hieroglyphs, pyramids, and famously cursed archaeologists exhuming mummies from painted and gilded sarcophagi, ancient Egypt fuels the imagination. Spanning thousands, yes, literally, thousands of years, Egypt was a durable society with rulers viewed as the intermediary between the gods and mere mortals.
Here are photographs and art works giving a glimpse of ancient Egypt.

Photos thepyramids.org ,  flickr.com