1903 Print Ancient Chaldaea Tomb Faudin-Gudin Middle East Roof Structure XHA3 Botanical & Floral This is an unusual original

This is an unusual original 1911 black and white print ad for a strange invention

Karpen and Bros

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

Richard Cortez Photography by Ruth Harriet Louise

including the British Society of Graphic Arts

1903 Print Ancient Chaldaea Tomb Faudin-Gudin Middle East Roof Structure XHA3 Botanical & Floral This is an unusual originalThis 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