Egypt. Real Hieroglyphics: Photography and Egypt, 1850-1900.

November 10-December 15, 1994. University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego. Exhibition catalog, wraps, 20 pages, like new. With postcard exhibition announcement reproducing stereograph of the Great Sphinx of Gizeh by Keystone, laid in. Photographers include Antonio Beato; Francis Frith; W. Hammerschmidt; Bonfils; J. Pascal Sebah; Zangaki; G. Lekegian; Felix Teynard; and Francis Bedford. Scarce.  Summary:

Real Hieroglyphics: Photography and Egypt, 1850-1900 is an exhibition catalog written by art historian and theorist Geoffrey Batchen, published in 1994 by the University Art Gallery at the University of California, San Diego. The publication explores how nineteenth-century photography functioned as a powerful visual archive, mediating Western perceptions of Egypt's ancient monuments, landscapes, and culture. It features works by prominent early photographers and studios operating in the region—including Francis Frith, Antonio Beato, Félix Teynard, Maison Bonfils, and Zangaki—examining the complex intersections between colonial exploration, early photographic technology, and the romanticized documentation of antiquity.