I looked all over for a date and got everything from “early 1800s” to “late 1800s” but nothing exact, so I had to make an educated guess. The first cameras practical enough to take such a photo were developed around 1840 and the excavations began in 1867.
Fantastic find!
Thanks. I’m really annoyed I can’t accurately date it though.
A not very trustworthy looking hungarian website says 1890
https://pressnavigator.hu/photold/2023/03/25/photo-of-the-great-sphinx-from-a-hot-air-balloon-this-is-before-it-was-excavated-and-restored-1890/
Maybe, between two excavations, the wind has partly filled up the cavity of the previous excavation with sand and thus, the progress wasn’t continuous.
This is supposedly from 1867 - 1878:
Wikimedia Commons
Why didn’t you just look at the metadata? It appears this photo was taken in the year “© All Rights Reserved”
I felt that copyrighting it in the year nothing might have been a typo.
Also, there’s absolutely no question that it’s public domain.
AfaIk, this depends on whether we know the photographer. If the author of a work is unknown, it is deemed to be orphaned. In some countries, this may lead to problems when using the work.
Which country would not recognize a 19th century photo as public domain? Because the Berne Convention, which most countries are signatories to, would absolutely make it public domain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention
I didn’t know the information of that section. As it’s very very unlikely that the author of a 19th century photo is dead for less than 50 years, the uncertainty of someone claiming the copyright is close to zero.
Big “It appears you have internet network connectivity problems” energy
A good year for art it was.