In 1857, the Sphinx, whose entire form had been buried, was discovered.
A fascinating image of the Great Sphinx of Egypt before it was fully excavated. This image was taken around 1880.
This image was taken in 1887. Half of it is buried in the sand. Amazing, isn't it?
The photo shows the original entrance to the Great Pyramid.
The Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) (Gustave Eiffel, 1887–1889)
Statue of Liberty (Liberty Island, New York) (Frédéric Bartholdi, 1876–1886)
This torch-holding arm was displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exposition and in Madison Square Park in New York from 1876 to 1882.
Tower Bridge in London, England (designed by Sir Horace Jones and George D. Stephenson between 1886 and 1894)
The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (1861) (under construction)
Christ the Savior in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (designed by Heitor da Silva Costa, sculpted by Paul Landowski, 1926–1931)
In 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed the untouched and magnificent tomb of Tutankhamun.
The Italian Ministry of Culture announced the discovery of a stone urn containing gold coins at the site of the former Teatro Cressoni. The gold coins had not lost their luster.
Han Qiaoni, who hails from Yuxian County in northern Shanxi Province, China, had her feet bound from the age of two.
(Foot binding was a practice of stopping foot growth so that it would not grow larger than 3-4 centimeters. Feet that were 3 centimeters long were called "golden lotuses," and feet that were 4 centimeters long were called "silver lotuses.")
Close-up image of bound feet
A photograph of Princess Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, at the age of 18 in 1944, sitting at a desk and reading a book at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England. (Colorized)
And here she is, a little older and even more beautiful.
Captain Edward John Smith of the Titanic
Nagasaki, as seen from Kawaminami Koyanagi Island, 13 miles away, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing.
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Translator's Postscript
The Japanese embassy to Europe (the second embassy to Europe), which traveled by land due to the construction of the Suez Canal, also apparently visited the Sphinx. April 1864