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Photo of the Sphinx taken from a balloon before it was excavated. I can't find a date, but based on when it was excavated and the history of photography, some time between 1840 and 1867 (lemmy.world)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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:

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