Here's an interesting Egyptian thread for you!
Below is the very first (western) depiction of the Sphinx in 1579 (she was rather buxom back then). Then a sketch in 1665, the year before London's Great Fire. The Pyramids seem peculiar until compared with a photo of those in Sudan!



This is the very first photograph of the Sphinx. It was taken 175 years abo by Maxime Du Camp in 1849. As you can see, the Sphinx had not yet been excavated and was still partially buried in the sands.

Periodically, for the benefit of new followers, I like to create a thread of "before and after" comparisons, to demonstrate what this Twitter feed is all about & how I clean + enhance early colour photography. I don't colourise the photos, I just enhance the colours already there Here are 4 more "before & after" comparisons for this thread -

Thread time! In celebration of the discovery of The Endurance shipwreck, announced today on the news. I'm tweeting a series of my paget plate enhancements, taken in 1915 by Frank Hurley on Shackleton's trans-antarctic expedition. They are all original colour and not colourised Thread time! In celebration of the discovery of The Endurance shipwreck, announced today on the news. I'm tweeting a series of my paget plate enhancements, taken in 1915 by Frank Hurley on Shackleton's trans-antarctic expedition. They are all original colour and not colourised