Northern Group of Pyramids at Meroe (Kabushiyah) as seen, in 1921, from the NNE Prior to Their Excavation
Description
Caption: Joseph Lindon Smith. Northern Group of Pyramids at Meroe (Kabushiyah) as seen, in 1921, from the NNE Prior to Their Excavation, ca. 1921. Painting on canvas, 23 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (59.7 × 41.9 cm) frame: 16 1/2 × 23 5/8 × 7/8 in. (41.9 × 60 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ashton Sanborn, 74.48. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
The image depicts a series of ancient pyramids in a desert landscape.
This is a black-and-white image showing several pyramid structures emerging from a sandy desert environment. The pyramids vary in size and appear to be in a state of ruin, with some partly collapsed. The texture and lighting suggest an aged photograph capturing the stark and arid surroundings.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 74.48 tier-2
- BKM-Object 100416 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.