BEFORE tourists flocked at the base of the great pyramid, writer Gustave Flaubert and photographer Maxime Du Camp made a journey through Egypt. In 1849 and 1850 they visited all the great monuments, like the pyramids of Giza and the ancient settlements of Luxor. The pyramids were at that time just sleepy piles of stones instead of the epicenter of a tourist industry. Some of the monuments were even half covered with sand. Considering it was just ten years after the invention of photography, Du Camp did a very impressive job.

……………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………