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Royalty Free photos of exhibits from the Cairo Egyptian Museum taken before current bans with slide film in available light not to studio quality
Tut Unguent Lion EG11714JHP Egyptian Museum Interior alabaster unguent vase lion burial good Tutankhamun Tomb in the prime antiquities collection in Cairo taken during visits between 1994 and 1996 when photography was allowed albeit without flash and tripod. None is of studio quality, being handheld with existing, usually extremely poor light and using slide film, pushed Fuji 400asa to get a suitable aperture and shutter speed. Most of the photos are from the Tutankahum exhibits while the rest are items that interested me as I explored this wonderful and extensive collection, requiring many more hours if not days and is only hinted at during the usual one or two hour visit made on a package tour. Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Egyptian, Museum, Tutankhamun, unguent, alabaster, vase, lion, ankh, tongue, coloured, Tut, collection, upright, ancient, antiquity, antiquities, exhibit
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Egyptian Museum Cairo
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Tut Unguent Lion EG11714JHP
Upload Date: 2010-07-04 21:38:02
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Egyptian Museum Interior alabaster unguent vase lion burial good Tutankhamun

Tomb in the prime antiquities collection in Cairo taken during visits between 1994 and 1996 when photography was allowed albeit without flash and tripod. None is of studio quality, being handheld with existing, usually extremely poor light and using slide film, pushed Fuji 400asa to get a suitable aperture and shutter speed. Most of the photos are from the Tutankahum exhibits while the rest are items that interested me as I explored this wonderful and extensive collection, requiring many more hours if not days and is only hinted at during the usual one or two hour visit made on a package tour.
Keywords: Egypt, Cairo, Egyptian, Museum, Tutankhamun, unguent, alabaster, vase, lion, ankh, tongue, coloured, Tut, collection, upright, ancient, antiquity, antiquities, exhibit