1903 Print Ancient Chaldaea Tomb Faudin-Gudin Middle East Roof Structure XHA3 Botanical & Floral Richard Cortez Photography by Ruth

Richard Cortez Photography by Ruth Harriet Louise

The book covered the continental advance

This is an original 1932 color print ad for Copper and Brass Research Association

Karpen and Bros

This is an original 1915 halftone print of Schalen from Bruno Mauder

1903 Print Ancient Chaldaea Tomb Faudin-Gudin Middle East Roof Structure XHA3 Botanical & Floral Richard Cortez Photography by RuthThis is an original 1903 halftone print set (two single sided pages, one measuring at 3. 25" by 2. 5", and the other at 4. 75" by 2. 75") of a traditional Chaldaean tomb. Due to the unique terrain around the plains of the Euphrates, it was impractical to produce such structures as pyramids, mastabs, or rock cut tombs. The alluvial Chaldaean soil was not condusive to preserving bodies, but rather decomposing them. As a result, tombs such as this one