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title: Entrance to the Temple at Luxor
author: David Roberts / Wellcome Collection
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13454/entrance-to-the-temple-at-luxor/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Entrance to the Temple at Luxor

_Authored by David Roberts / Wellcome Collection_

## Image File

[![Entrance to the Temple at Luxor](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13454.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13454.jpg)

## Image Caption

Entrance to the [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) at Luxor, [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/). Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848 CE.

Wellcome Collection, London.

David Roberts travelled in the Middle East and North [Africa](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/africa/), particularly Egypt, from 1838 to 1839 CE. During his journey, Roberts produced a great number of sketches. He developed these into watercolours, which were the basis for the series of 247 lithographs called The Holy Land, [Syria](https://www.worldhistory.org/syria/), Idumea, [Arabia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Arabia/), Egypt & Nubia, published between 1842 and 1849 CE.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Collection, D. R. /. W. (2021, February 26). Entrance to the Temple at Luxor. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13454/entrance-to-the-temple-at-luxor/>
### Chicago
Collection, David Roberts / Wellcome. "Entrance to the Temple at Luxor." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 26, 2021. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13454/entrance-to-the-temple-at-luxor/>.
### MLA
Collection, David Roberts / Wellcome. "Entrance to the Temple at Luxor." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Feb 2021, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13454/entrance-to-the-temple-at-luxor/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://wellcomecollection.org/works/dc2e9vg3) by **David Roberts / Wellcome Collection**. Submitted by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/ "User Page: Jan van der Crabben"), published on 26 February 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.