Get To Know: Early Photography In Egypt

Photographers flocked to Egypt shortly after the invention of the Daguerrotype. They struggled with the heat, the sand, and the remoteness. Things improved a bit with the introduction of dry plates around 1880. You can see several of the results in the University of Chicago digital collections in their Lost Egypt portfolios.

Temple of Horus at Edfu from the University of Chicago Epigraphic collection.