Antique views of the pyramids. Not antique for the pyramids but from around 1861 so old for photographs of the pyramids and the sphinx. Shot by Prussian photographer Wilhelm Hammerschmidt (1822-1887).

Pyramides de Ghyzeh, Vue Generale. ca. 1860. Silver albumen photographic print. Title in French mount recto. Wilhelm Hammerschmidt, photographer (Prussian, 1822-1887). Image © Seagrave Gallery. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.seagravegallery.com/artworks/639-wilhelm-hammerschmidt-pyramides-de-ghyzeh-vue-generale-c.-1860/

The Great Pyramid of Cheops IV Dynasty. ca. 1861. Albumen silver print made from a glass negative. Wilhelm Hammerschmidt, photographer (Prussian, 1822-1887). Image © 2023 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps. Fair use license. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/GreatPyramid-hammerschmidt-1861

Tête du Sphynx. ca. 1860. Albumen silver print made from a glass negative. Wilhelm Hammerschmidt, photographer (Prussian, 1822-1887). Image © 2023 Metropolitan Museum of New York. Photograph itself is in the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/263541

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